Hart Davis Hart Auction Co. [email protected] www.hdhauctions.com tel: 312.482.9996 Auction 2511 159 Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1997 Château Rayas Southern Rhône One label slightly torn “Full red. Spicy aromas of framboise, leather and pepper; very rich but fresher than the Pignan. Thick but lively on the palate; very suave and rich...Peppery fi nish...” (90+ points) ST, Vinous.com, Jan 2000 2516 4 bottles per lot $2800–4200 Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1998 Château Rayas Southern Rhône One label slightly torn “...aromas of strawberry, roasted plum, raspberry and roasted meat. Big, sweet and peppery in the middle palate...opens out very nicely on the long fi nish...” (92+ points) ST, Vinous.com, Jan 2001 2517 2 bottles per lot $1700–2600 Châteauneuf-du-Pape 1995 Château de Beaucastel (7) 1998 Château de Beaucastel (6) Vieilles Vignes 2000 Domaine de la Janasse (4) 2518 Above 17 bottles per lot $850–1300 Salon 1982 Côte des Blancs, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger One label slightly scuff ed “Toff ee, earth and white chocolate on the nose...Concentrated and very rich, with a deep note of beurre blanc and a strong lemony fl avor...impres- sively endowed...” (91 points) ST, Vinous.com, Nov 1998 (See photo below) 2519 3 bottles per lot $2000–3000 Krug, Brut 1985 Reims Label slightly scuff marked “Mature, for sure, but when one expects it to tire in the glass, the wine blossoms again, soft fruit miraculously reemerging; the morality play of a spring sonata.” (94 points) Simon Field MW, WFW, Issue 75, 2022 2520 1 bottle per lot $600–900 Krug, Brut 1988 Reims 2521 6 bottles (oc) per lot $2800–4200 Salon 1988 Côte des Blancs, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger “...power and explosive intensity...superb balance and pulsating acidity... candied lemon peel, hazelnut, smoke, licorice and anise overtones...super- expressive fi nish...” (97 points) AG, Vinous.com, June 2016 2522 5 bottles (5 oc) per lot $6500–9500 Nicolas Feuillatte, Cuvée Palmes d’Or 1990 Côte des Blancs, Chouilly “A forward cuvée that will last for another decade. It’s richness is exquisite. This will be a relatively long-lived, intense Champagne.” (95 points) Robert Parker, WA #119, Oct 1998 2523 2 magnums (2 oc) per lot $400–600 Krug, Brut 1995 Reims Each also in its own oc “...the aromatics are generous, orchard fruit collected when the sun is up. Balancing acidity, fi nely integrated, hints of spice and resinous oak, subsumed by creamy decadence.” (96 points) Simon Field MW, WFW, Issue 75, 2022 2524 6 bottles (oc) per lot $1900–2800 Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1995 Reims “...utterly magnifi cent. Orange marmalade, mint, smoke, hazelnuts, white truffl es and honey blossom come to life in an exquisite, resonant Champagne...a real treat...” (96 points) AG, Vinous.com, July 2015 2525 6 bottles (oc) per lot $1100–1700 Krug, Brut 1996 Reims “...bouquet of deep, leesy yellow fruit, minerals, honeycomb, smoked meat and fl owers, with Asian spices...orchard and pit fruits, smoked meat, toasted brioche...” (99+ points) Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com, Nov 2007 2526 6 bottles (oc) per lot $2400–3500 Veuve Clicquot, Brut La Grande Dame, Riva Package 1996 Reims Each owc in oc “Deep, highly complex aromas of citrus skin, nutmeg, porcini mushroom, toasted almond and clove. Rich, dry and impressively deep...seemed to grow fresher as it opened...” (95+ points) ST, Vinous.com, Nov 2004 2527 4 bottles (4 owc) per lot $500–750 DALLA VALLE VINEYARDS Dalla Valle Vineyards Red Wine, Maya 1988 Napa Valley Six base neck, one top shoulder; six in owc “...a huge bouquet of super-ripe cassis, licorice, and vanillin aromas, fol- lowed by astonishingly intense, highly extracted, impeccably well-bal- anced, full-bodied fl avors...” (93 points) Robert Parker, WA #89, Oct 1993 2528 11 bottles per lot $1400–2000 Lot 2519
