Hart Davis Hart Auction Co. [email protected] www.hdhauctions.com tel: 312.482.9996 98 Auction 2609 Château Pontet-Canet 2021 Pauillac, 5me cru classé “This is a very pretty 2021 with a solid, beautiful mid-palate and density. Juicy fruit, slightly chewy tannins and a savory fi nish. Hints of graphite.” (95 points) JS, Apr 2024 1399 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $600–900 Château Haut-Brion 2022 Pessac-Léognan, 1er cru classé “...peony, violet and plenty of incense combining with intense blackberry and blueberry fruit...complexity and precision. This is an awesome Haut- Brion for the ages.” (98 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Feb 2025 1400 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $3800–5500 1401 3 magnums (owc) per lot $1900–2800 Château Margaux 2022 Margaux, 1er cru classé “...a stone-cold breathtaking First Growth that belongs on the mantelpiece alongside the 1959 and 1983...heavenly pure black fruits laced with peony and iris fl ower...” (100 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, Feb 2025 1402 3 bottles (owc) per lot $1100–1700 1403 3 magnums (owc) per lot $2200–3200 Château Montrose 2022 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...deep and brooding bouquet of cassis, wild blueberries, violets, pencil shavings and burning embers, it’s full-bodied, deep and dense...palate- staining fi nish lasts for more than a minute...” (100 points) William Kelley, WA, Mar 2025 1404 3 magnums (owc) per lot $600–900 1405 6 magnums (2 owc) per lot $1200–1800 1406 3 double-magnums (3L) (3 owc) per lot $1200–1800 1407 1 imperial (6L) (owc) per lot $800–1200 Château Pichon-Longueville, Baron 2022 Pauillac, 2me cru classé “...sweet dark berries and cherries mingled with notions of cigar wrapper... deep, dense and lively, with terrifi c concentration, sweet tannins and a long, penetrating fi nish...” (98 points) William Kelley, WA, Mar 2025 1408 6 magnums (2 owc) per lot $1200–1800 Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande 2022 Pauillac, 2me cru classé “...blackberries mingled with scents of licorice, violets and pencil shavings. Full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it’s suave, seamless and complete, with faultless precision...” (100 points) William Kelley, WA, Mar 2025 1409 6 magnums (2 owc) per lot $1500–2200 Château Léoville Las Cases Vertical Assortment St-Julien, 2me cru classé 1990 (1 mag) 2000 (1 mag) 2010 (1 mag) 1410 Above 3 magnums (owc) per lot $1200–1800 Château Léoville Las Cases 2005 (6) Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2006 (6) 1411 Above 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1600–2400 Château Montrose 2018 (1 dbl-mag (3L)) Château Palmer 2019 (1 dbl-mag (3L)) 1412 Above 2 double-magnums (2 owc)(3L) per lot $1000–1500 Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2019 (1 dbl-mag (3L)) Château L’Evangile 2019 (6) 1413 Above 6 bottles and 1 double-magnum (3L)(2 owc) per lot $1100–1700 Château Léoville Las Cases 2020 (3 mags) Château Lynch-Bages 2021 (3 mags) 1414 Above 6 magnums (2 owc) per lot $1100–1700 Château d’Yquem 2020 Sauternes, premier cru superieur One owc—strapped prior to inspection by HDH “...freshly sliced white peaches, almonds and pineapple...mineral rich, sur- prisingly saline...This animated and opulent Yquem is destined to age grace- fully over the coming decades.” (97 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, June 2023 1415 18 half-bottles (3 owc) per lot $1500–2200 Shafer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Hillside Select 2018 (6) 2019 (6) 1416 Above 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1800–2800 :: BURGUNDY’S BEST Denis Bachelet, DRC, Dujac, Engel, Lafon, Lefl aive, Roulot, Roumier and Vogüé: This remarkable off ering of Burgundy features the very best producers of the past thirty years. Highlights include ten bottles of incredibly rare 1999 Clos Vougeot from René Engel; six magnums of 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet; Domaine Lefl aive in an owc, strapped prior to inspection by HDH; three bottles each of 2018 DRC Romanée-Conti and Montrachet; Denis Bachelet’s Charmes Chambertin 1999; and a stunning vertical of magnums of Domaine Roulot ‘s Meursault Clos des Bouchères. Owing to this collector’s many friendships in Burgundy, the majority of the following selection is as close to direct from the source as can be in the US and has never moved since purchase. Wines that were not obtained directly from producers came from reputable retailers and auction houses stateside. This collection is stored both professionally in the tri-state area and in a purpose-built state-of-the-art private cellar maintained at very cold temperatures. DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI Romanée-Conti 2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, grand cru “...The focused, intense and beautifully well-delineated fl avors are an exercise in refi ned and focused power, all wrapped in intensely mineral- infl ected, youthfully austere and superbly persistent fi nish...” (99+ points) AM, Issue 81, Jan 2021 1417 2 bottles per lot $24000–35000 La Tâche 2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, grand cru Sequential bottle numbers “...rose petal, violet, lavender, lilac, sandalwood and soy nuances...outstand- ing volume to the big, muscular and robust fl avors...long and decidedly austere fi nish that just lasts and lasts...” (99 points) AM, Issue 81, Jan 2021 1418 3 bottles per lot $11000–17000 Richebourg 2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, grand cru Sequential bottle numbers “...outstanding intensity to the concentrated big-bodied fl avors that brim with both minerality and dry extract...superbly complex, powerful and massively long fi nish...stunningly good...” (97 points) AM, Issue 81, Jan 2021 1419 3 bottles per lot $7500–11000 Romanée-St-Vivant 2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, grand cru Sequential bottle numbers “...plum liqueur, purple fruit and a variety of subtle spice and fl oral wisps... terrifi c punch and detail to the middle weight fl avors...impressive power on the wonderfully long fi nish...” (95 points) AM, Issue 81, Jan 2021 1420 3 bottles per lot $6000–9000 Grands-Echézeaux 2018 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Côte de Nuits, grand cru Owc—strapped prior to inspection by HDH “...black cherry liqueur, violet, lavender, exotic tea and sandalwood...big, bold and robust...potentially one of the greatest Grands Echézeaux the Do- maine has produced in the 21st Century...” (95 points) AM, Issue 81, Jan 2021 1421 6 bottles (owc) per lot $11000–17000
