Hart Davis Hart Auction Co. [email protected] www.hdhauctions.com tel: 312.482.9996 152 Auction 2511 Château Cos d’Estournel 1988 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...melted dark chocolate intermingling with dark berry fruit, clove and tobacco...plenty of tarry blackberry and bilberry fruit, struck through with a crisp line of acidity...” (91 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, May 2018 2378 8 bottles per lot $750–1100 Château Lafi te Rothschild 1988 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Eight base neck, four top shoulder; one slight signs of past seepage “...intense bouquet with graphite-tinged black fruit mixed with cedar... beautifully balanced and blossoms in the glass. The 1988 has svelte, fi nely chiseled tannins...” (96 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 2379 12 bottles per lot $4500–6500 Château Lynch-Bages 1988 Pauillac, 5me cru classé One base neck; ten labels slightly scuff ed “...black fruit mixed with subtle pencil shaving and chimney soot scents... pliant tannins and black fruit commingling with meat juices and licorice...” (92 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 2380 10 bottles per lot $900–1400 Château Mouton Rothschild 1988 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Four base neck, seven top shoulder, one very high shoulder “Ruby with attractive evolution. Very fragrant. Lightweight with lots of acidity. Real complexity and subtlety. Lovely balance...” (17.5 points) Jancis Robinson, JR, June 2010 2381 12 bottles per lot $3200–4800 Château Pichon-Longueville, Baron 1988 Pauillac, 2me cru classé Three labels scuff marked “...nose with graphite and cedar-infused black fruit...medium-bodied with fi nely chiseled tannins...a sensual smooth texture on the fi nish and a saline, almost briny aftertaste...” (94 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 2382 8 bottles per lot $700–1000 Château Angélus 1989 St-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (B) Half-bottle: base neck; Bottles: three base neck, one top shoulder; one label scuff marked “...glorious, almost hubristic bouquet of layers of lush black cherries, cedar, sage and meat juice aromas...black truffl e and smoky notes appear on the fi nish...” (96 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Sep 2019 2383 1 half-bottle and 9 bottles per lot $2600–3800 Château La Conseillante 1989 Pomerol Ten labels slightly scuff ed “...exuberance and joie-de-vivre on the nose, displaying the telltale crushed violets in bloom...controlled red and black fruit underneath... sumptuous from the start...” (97 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Sep 2019 2384 10 bottles per lot $2400–3500 Château Cos d’Estournel 1989 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé Two base neck, one top shoulder “A wonderful depth of fruit with very fi rm and dense tannins. It has so much character of olives, spices, and berries. It’s the wine’s freshness and inten- sity that won me over the 1990 Cos.” (94 points) JS, Mar 2012 2385 10 bottles per lot $1100–1700 Château Haut-Brion 1989 Pessac-Léognan, 1er cru classé “...unquestionably the best I have encountered in recent years...stunning defi nition, a mixture of shimmering black fruit, crushed stone, black true and graphite...” (100 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 (See photo opposite page) 2386 12 bottles per lot $17000–26000 Château Léoville Barton 1989 St-Julien, 2me cru classé “...a comely old-school claret bouquet of red fruit infused with cedar and loamy scents...medium-bodied, pure and elegant, with svelte tannin and moderate acidity...” (91 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Sep 2019 2387 10 bottles per lot $900–1400 Château Léoville Las Cases 1989 St-Julien, 2me cru classé Four top shoulder “...a beautiful bouquet with a touch of menthol on the nose, leaning towards Pauillac with its vivacious cassis fruit...fi ne tannins. It fans out wonderfully...” (94 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 2388 10 bottles per lot $1400–2000 Château Montrose 1989 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...vibrant blackberry, blueberry and black truffl e, hints of sous-bois, all with sensational precision...brilliantly balanced with fi ligree tannin... mineral-rich fi nish...” (100 points) Neal Martin, WA, Mar 2017 2389 12 bottles per lot $4200–6500 Château Mouton Rothschild 1989 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Three base neck, seven top shoulder; one with tissue adhered to label “...quintessential Pauillac nose that gains more and more complexity with aeration: blackberry, pencil shavings, and freshly rolled tobacco, all wrapped up in First Growth refi nement...” (95 points) Neal Martin, Vinous. com, July 2024 2390 12 bottles per lot $3500–5500 Château Pichon-Longueville, Baron 1989 Pauillac, 2me cru classé Lot 2391: One base neck; one label scuff marked; Lot 2392: One label wine stained, two damp stained; two signs of past seepage “...a brilliant wine for the vintage...a riveting nose, spellbinding with pix- elated, mineral-rich black fruit, graphite and tobacco...Fabulous precision and sense of symmetry...” (96 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 2391 9 bottles per lot $1900–2800 2392 2 magnums per lot $900–1400 Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande 1989 Pauillac, 2me cru classé Seven base neck; three labels scuff marked “...Off the charts aromatic intensity, silky tannins and exceptional fi nesse... Crushed fl owers, sweet red fruit, tobacco, cedar and incense...Wonderfully alive and delineated...” (96 points) AG, Vinous.com, Oct 2017 2393 8 bottles per lot $1400–2000 Château Trotanoy 1989 Pomerol Ten base neck “...aromas and fl avors of blackcurrant, blackberry, spices, licorice and violet...Silky-smooth and refi ned on the palate...notes of red cherry and peppery tobacco...” (93 points) Ian D’Agata, Vinous.com, Mar 2012 2394 10 bottles per lot $1500–2200 Château Cos d’Estournel 1990 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé Three base neck “...gorgeous scents of clove, bay leaf, and warm gravel that are almost Pomerol-like in style...fresh and lively...black truffl e and sage towards the slightly grainy textured fi nish...” (95 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Oct 2018 2395 10 bottles per lot $1800–2800 Château Lynch-Bages 1990 Pauillac, 5me cru classé Two labels scuff marked; one slight signs of past seepage “...nose of black currants, cedarwood, herbs and spice...voluptuously textured, rich, intense wine with superb purity...thrilling levels of fruit, glycerin and sweetness...” (99 points) Robert Parker, WA #196, Aug 2011 2396 10 bottles per lot $2200–3200
