2024 Auction Lots

1 – 6 Liter 1990 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
2 – 750ml 2009 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

One (1) Daum Crystal Large Camellia Vase in Lilac, a one-of-a-kind color

One (1) night in beautiful Bordeaux plus a fourteen (14) night luxury voyage aboard The World, Residences at Sea for one (1) couple plus a guest couple

Chicago, Illinois:
Multi-course dinner at Two Michelin-starred Ever Restaurant with wine pairings for up to eight (8) people

Pauillac, France:
One (1) night’s accommodation at Five-star Relais & Châteaux Château Cordeillan-Bages
Tour and wine tasting at Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Multi-course lunch with paired wines at the estate with general manager and winemaker, Nicolas Glumineau

The World, Residences at Sea:
Fourteen (14) nights’ accommodations aboard The World, Residences at Sea for one (1) couple for the winning couple’s choice of sailing between January 28, 2024 through January 28, 2025, with option to invite a guest couple
Accommodations in a luxurious Residence with one (1) Master bedroom and a second interior bedroom
One (1) in-residence dinner prepared by a private chef with a menu of the winners’ choice, including service staff
Two (2) 60-minute spa treatments at The World Spa & Wellness Center
One (1) bespoke destination experience based on the couple’s preferences
One (1) vertical wine tasting experience with The World’s onboard sommelier
All meals and beverages aboard the Ship, including select fine wines and spirits, inclusive of all gratuities and port charges

One lucky couple will indulge in elevated Michelin-starred dining, have an inside look at one of Bordeaux’s great wine estates and take a spectacular 14-day voyage on The World—the most luxurious, privately owned residential mega yacht on earth.

Your journey begins in Chicago, where your party of eight will dine at Ever Restaurant, recipient of Two Michelin Stars, owned by Chef Curtis Duffy and Michael Muser. Chef Duffy and his team will prepare an eight to ten-course tasting menu based on the best available seasonal ingredients. Each course will be accompanied by wine pairings curated by Ever’s chief sommelier.

The winning bidder and two friends will travel to Bordeaux for a special insider visit at Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, ranked as a Second Growth in the Classification of 1855. Created at the end of the 17th century, the wine of Pichon Comtesse is famed for its combination of power and finesse. Known for having a higher percentage of Merlot than its neighbors, it’s now composed primarily of Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine reaches its peak of maturity between 15 to 40 years from the vintage date.

At Pichon Comtesse, you’ll be treated to an exclusive tour and tasting led by winemaker Nicolas Glumineau. Afterward, he will host you for a sumptuous lunch at the estate.

At a mutually agreeable time, you’ll board The World, the largest private residential yacht at sea, for a 14-day journey on the voyage of your choice. The World is home to only 165 individual residences, with an average of 150-200 residents and guests on board at any given time. It represents the pinnacle of sophisticated design and bespoke comfort.

During your voyage, you’ll stay in a two-bedroom Suite with the option of inviting a guest couple and take advantage of The World’s many amenities. A personal chef will come to your residence and prepare a meal of your choice, assisted by service personnel. You’ll visit the 7,000 square foot Spa and Wellness Center and pamper yourself with a treatment. Depending on your palate, the sommelier will guide you through a tasting drawn from The World’s cellar of 1,100 labels from 20 different countries and with a wine cellar with a capacity of 15,000 bottles.

Additionally, the winning bidders will take home an exclusive Daum crystal vase – the delicate and refined Camellia Vase – in a unique, one-of-a-kind lilac hue, unavailable anywhere else in the world.

As pièce de resistance, you’ll receive a Six Liter bottle of the 1990 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, a concentrated wine with an elegant structure and a wonderful richness of tannins, along with two 750ml bottles of the 2009 vintage.

This extraordinary lot combines the best in food, wine, travel and pampered lifestyle. Even better, your winning bid will help a child navigate through life toward a better future.

Insider's Info

Airfare and ground transportation are not included for any portion of the trip. The trip to France and dinner in Chicago are to take place for mutually agreeable dates, based on availability and excluding holidays and events. Gratuity is not included in France or at the dinner at Ever Restaurant. The voyage aboard The World is redeemable for any itinerary between January 28, 2024 through January 28, 2025, with blackout dates of August 20-29 and September 8-26, 2024 and January 21-30, 2025; subject to availability; and must be scheduled for mutually agreeable dates. The accommodations aboard The World include one (1) Master bedroom and an interior room. If the winning bidders’ choose to invite an additional couple, any additional related costs or upgrades are at the winning bidders’ expense. All gratuities and port charges for The World sailing are included. The bespoke destination experience is included up to $500. Pre-and/or post-cruise hotel accommodations, transfers to and from the ship, optional shore excursions and onboard and personal expenses are not included. All fourteen (14) nights onboard The World must be taken consecutively and within the span of the winners’ selected voyage. The trip is non-transferable, not redeemable for cash and cannot be sold to any other parties. The winners may upgrade to another category of accommodation and will be responsible for the published difference in the nightly rate. The winners and all guests must comply with the ship’s prevailing onboard policies and requirements at the time of sailing. The winning bidder and his or her guest will be considered participants of The World’s Guest Stay Program (GSP). Those in the GSP may take a maximum of three voyages. The limit for any one voyage is 30 days with a total maximum number of days of 90. All passengers must undergo a full criminal history background check and security screening prior to boarding The World. The winning bidder must submit required biographical data, including passport information, residence address and social security or other identifying numbers. If a person is denied boarding because of unsatisfactory results from these background checks, as determined in The World’s complete and sole discretion, The World will make no refund or compensation to the winning bidders or any other person. All passage onboard The World is subject to the Terms of Carriage. The 6-Liter bottle of 1990 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande will be available for the winning bidders to take home from the auction. The winning bidders will receive the two (2) 750ml bottles of 2009 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande from the vintner when they travel to France. The Daum vase will be available to pick up at the NCEF office after the auction or shipped to the winning bidder at their expense.

Please note: Blackout dates include August 20-29, September 8-26, 2024 and January 21-30, 2025.
Please note: Daum donated the Daum Crystal Large Camellia Vase

Donor

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Ever Restaurant, The World, Residences at Sea and Daum