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A cellar built over half a century doesn't come to market often.

This one just has.

This week on Grays, a curated private collection goes under the hammer: a 99-point Penfolds Grange 1994, 99-point Clarendon Hills Astralis, Henschke Hill of Grace, vintage Dom Pérignon, and the kind of considered Burgundy and Barossa drinking that rewards a patient palate.

100+ lots. Mostly unreserved.

Bidding is already underway and closes Tuesday 28 July at 8:45pm AEST.

Some cellars are built to be opened. This one was built to be found.

The 1994 is widely regarded as one of the finest Granges of its decade - a vintage that critics still return to, three decades on. It's a wine that rewards those who understand that the best bottles aren't the ones you find easily. This is one worth making room for.

A 99-point Shiraz from one of McLaren Vale's most exacting producers - and a pair of bottles, not one. Old vines, low yields, and two decades of quiet concentration in the glass. Keep one and open the other on the next occasion worth marking properly.

There are Australian reds, and then there's Hill of Grace - drawn from a single vineyard first planted in the 1860s and made in vanishingly small volumes. Now over thirty years into its development, this is a wine that has settled into something rare rather than merely old.

A distinguished gathering of Japanese and Scotch whiskies, vintage Australian ports and fine cognac, the Premium Ports & Spirits sale brings together mature, well-provenanced bottlings for the considered collector.

A limited commemorative release from one of Japan's most storied houses, made to mark a century of craft. Hibiki has become the whisky most requested and least often found - this is a chance to add genuine provenance to a collection, not just another bottle to the shelf.

Tawny of this age rewards patience in the glass as much as it did in the barrel. Twenty years in oak has given it that dried-fruit, toffee-and-walnut complexity that only time can produce - a fitting nightcap for anyone who still believes the best part of the evening comes after dinner.

Part of Macallan's celebrated limited Edition series, No. 5 pairs the distillery's signature sherry-cask character with the kind of considered packaging built for a shelf as much as a nightcap. A collector's dram, poured slowly and not too often.