Hart Davis Hart Auction Co. [email protected] www.hdhauctions.com tel: 312.482.9996 Auction 2603 127 Château Montrose 2000 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé Two base neck “...pure, ripe blackberry and raspberry fruit, hints of cold slate and even charcoal emerging...wonderful backbone and focus...suppleness and refi nement...” (94+ points) Neal Martin, WA, Mar 2017 2003 11 bottles per lot $1400–2000 Château Montrose 2002 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...aromas of currant, black cherry, leather, mocha, game, black olive and minerals. Suave, seamless claret with a fi rm edge of acidity...notes of miner- als, game, fl owers and bitter chocolate.” (91+ points) ST, Vinous.com, May 2005 2004 12 bottles per lot $600–900 Château Montrose 2003 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...blackberry, graphite and roasted herbs on the nose, perhaps even more elegant than I have observed on previous bottles...layers of seamless blackberry and cassis fruit...” (98 points) Neal Martin, WA, Mar 2017 2005 4 magnums per lot $1000–1500 2006 6 magnums (owc) per lot $1500–2200 Château Montrose 2009 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé 2007 12 bottles (owc) per lot $2200–3200 2008 1 imperial (6L) (owc) per lot $1500–2200 Château Montrose 2010 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...considered to be among the greatest vintages ever made in Montrose... full-bodied, even massive, with great purity, depth and a fi nish that goes on close to a minute.” (100 points) Robert Parker, WA #214, Aug 2014 2009 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1700–2600 Château Montrose 1937 High shoulder; label damp stained and wine stained; contemporary capsule; signs of past seepage (1) 1964 Two top shoulder; two labels slightly damp stained; two short capsules (2) 1978 Two very high shoulder, one high shoulder; one label slightly nicked (3) 2010 Above 6 bottles per lot $1000–1500 Château Montrose 1982 (5) 1983 (2 owc) (2 mags) 2011 Above 5 bottles and 2 magnums per lot $1100–1700 Château Montrose 1985 Seven base neck; one label wine stained (7) 1986 Base neck; label heavily damp stained (1 mag) 2012 Above 7 bottles and 1 magnum per lot $800–1200 Château Montrose 1997 (7) 1998 (2) 1999 (3) 2013 Above 12 bottles per lot $750–1100 Château Montrose 2002 (1 mag) 2008 (1) 2010 (owc) (1 dbl-mag (3L)) 2014 Above 1 bottle, 1 magnum and 1 double-magnum (3L) per lot $700–1000 Château Montrose 2005 Two importers (7) 2006 (5) 2015 Above 12 bottles per lot $1000–1500 Château Cantemerle 1949 Haut-Médoc, 5me cru classé High shoulder; label slightly scuff ed “...had a particularly beautiful colour and, in its early days (1977 to 1983) an exquisitely perfumed bouquet. One tart and one superb half-bottle... Last tasted Sept. 1996. At best ****.” MB, Vintage Wine, Harcourt (2002) 2016 1 bottle per lot $220–320 Vieux Château Certan 2002 Pomerol “A terrifi c eff ort...complex bouquet of cedar, spice box, black cherries, and cassis. With impressive purity, medium body, moderate tannin, and a long fi nish (40 plus seconds)...” (93 points) Robert Parker, WA #158, Apr 2005 2017 6 magnums (owc) per lot $1200–1800 Vieux Château Certan 2008 Pomerol “...fi ligree tannin, a silver bead of acidity, very pure and complex towards the fi nish with truffl e and smoke infusing the red berry fruit. Wonderful persis- tence (as usual for VCC)...” (93 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Feb 2018 2018 6 magnums (owc) per lot $1100–1700 Vieux Château Certan 1979 One base neck (3) 1982 Very high shoulder (1) 1983 Base neck; label slightly damp stained (1) 1985 Top shoulder (1) 1986 Two base neck; one label slightly nicked, one torn and loose (2) 1988 Top shoulder; label slightly nicked (1) 1989 Very high shoulder; slight signs of past seepage (1) 2019 Above 10 bottles per lot $1100–1700 Vieux Château Certan 1990 Base neck (1 mag) 1994 (1) 1995 Base neck (1) 1996 One base neck (7) 1999 (1) 2020 Above 10 bottles and 1 magnum per lot $1300–1900 Montrachet 2000 Comtes Lafon Côte de Beaune, grand cru “...complex nose off ers up aromas of pear, peach, oriental spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, rosemary and a background note of dried sage...concentrated, rich and muscular...” (96 points) AM, July 2008 2021 1 bottle (owc) per lot $1500–2200 Chablis, Les Clos 2005 René et Vincent Dauvissat Chablis, grand cru “...spicy white fl ower aromas that introduce sophisticated, pure and gorgeously intense fl avors that explode on the strikingly long and chewy fi nish...stunner of a wine...” (95 points) AM, Nov 2011 2022 7 bottles per lot $1700–2600 Meursault 2018 Arnaud Ente Côte de Beaune “...Anjou pear, white fl owers, mandarin oil, bread dough and beeswax. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it’s lively and precise, with a delicate but tightly wound core and a bright, mineral fi nish...” (90 points) William Kelley, WA, Jan 2021 2023 12 bottles (2 oc) per lot $4200–6500
