Hart Davis Hart Auction Co. [email protected] www.hdhauctions.com tel: 312.482.9996 Auction 2611 7 Château Lafi te Rothschild 2020 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Each owc—strapped prior to inspection by HDH “...tobacco, crushed stone, cigar box, currants, tar, and lead pencil... Medium- to full-bodied, with a density and tightness. Very compact and complex...Delicacy with strength...” (100 points) JS, May 2023 46 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $4200–6500 Château Margaux 2020 Margaux, 1er cru classé “Gorgeous aromas of dark plums and violets. Orange peel, too. Some crushed stone...The tannins are all here making it very structured, yet they are polished and melted together...” (100 points) JS, May 2023 47 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $3500–5500 Vieux Château Certan 2020 Pomerol “...blackberry, black truffl e, pencil shavings and a touch of sous-bois. The aromatics are heavenly...medium-bodied with a satin-textured entry and fabulous delineation...” (100 points) Neal Martin, Vinous.com, July 2024 48 12 bottles (owc) per lot $2000–3000 Château Ausone 2021 St-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A) “...this refi ned and silky wine shows violets, raspberries, blackcurrants and crushed stone...deep and fl avorful, solid fruit and a wonderful texture going long and horizontal...” (96 points) JS, Apr 2024 49 6 magnums (2 owc) per lot $2600–3800 Château Beychevelle 2021 St-Julien, 4me cru classé “...elegant, understated and classy. Medium in body and less overt than most recent years...Dark-toned fruit, gravel, menthol, licorice, spice and new oak...incredibly harmonious.” (94 points) AG, Vinous.com, Feb 2024 50 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $600–900 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2021 Pessac-Léognan, Cru Classé de Graves “...very possibly the wine of the vintage. Vertical and explosive...a heady, racy wine that captivates all the senses. Tobacco, mocha, cedar, leather, dried herbs, menthol...” (98 points) AG, Vinous.com, Feb 2024 51 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $650–950 Château Clinet 2021 Pomerol “...bold, explosive and dense...a rich and ample wine of tremendous energy and tension...will drink well upon release and also age.” (94 points) AG, Vinous.com, Feb 2024 52 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $600–900 Château Haut-Brion 2021 Pessac-Léognan, 1er cru classé “This is beautifully crafted and very perfumed, with ultra-fi ne tannins and vivid dark fruit such as blackcurrants, as well as dark chocolate, hazelnuts and hints of forest fl oor...” (97 points) JS, Apr 2024 53 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $3000–4500 Château Lafi te Rothschild 2021 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Each owc—strapped prior to inspection by HDH “...extremely aromatic, showing lead pencil, currants, blackberries, black olives and smoke with some gunpowder...fi ne and creamy tannins that show so much fi nesse and length...” (97 points) JS, July 2024 54 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $3800–5500 Château Montrose 2021 St-Estèphe, 2me cru classé “...my nomination for the title of “wine of the vintage” in the Médoc...a layered and multidimensional core of fruit underpinned by beautifully ripe, refi ned tannins...a long, resonant fi nish...” (97 points) William Kelley, WA, Feb 2024 55 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $950–1400 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 56 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $600–900 Château Troplong-Mondot 2021 St-Emilion, grand cru classé “...fabulous. It off ers up a rush of dark red-toned fruit, crushed rocks, leather, menthol, cedar and blood orange...brooding intensity, muscle and power...extreme purity and class.” (96 points) AG, Vinous.com, Feb 2024 57 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $600–900 Château Canon 2022 St-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (B) “...wild berries and cherries mingled with hints of violets, pencil shavings, black truffl e and rose petals, it’s full-bodied, deep and concentrated...long, saline fi nish...” (100 points) William Kelley, WA, Mar 2025 58 12 bottles (owc) per lot $1100–1700 59 12 bottles (owc) per lot $1100–1700 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2022 Pessac-Léognan, Cru Classé de Graves One owc—strapped prior to inspection by HDH “...violet, iris, dark wild berries, pencil lead and mulberries...a deep core of fruit beautifully framed by velvety, precise tannins, segueing into a long, saline and perfumed fi nish...” (100 points) Yohan Castaing, WA, Mar 2025 60 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1000–1500 Château Cos d’Estournel 2016 Two labels slightly bin soiled (6) Château la Violette 2016 (6) 61 Above 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1800–2800 Château La Conseillante 2018 (6) Château Clinet 2021 (6) 62 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1000–1500 Château Canon 2020 (6) 2021 (6) 63 Above 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1000–1500 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2020 (6) 2021 (6) 64 Above 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $850–1300 Brunello di Montalcino 2016 Pertimali (Livio Sassetti) Tuscany “...soft and supple at fi rst sip with fl eshy red fruits and sweet spices... complex web of minerals and fi ne tannin...a lively bolt of acidity which maintains freshness...” (97 points) AG, Vinous.com, Nov 2020 65 12 bottles (owc) per lot $600–900 Rioja Gran Reserva Especial, Castillo Ygay 1989 Marques de Murrieta Rioja Nine base neck, one top shoulder, one very high shoulder; one signs of past seepage “...off ers up smoky, sweet, jammy black cherry fruit aromas intertwined with scents of minerals, tobacco, and vanillin...outstanding levels of fruit, glycerin, and extract...” (92 points) Robert Parker, WA, Apr 1998 66 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1400–2000 Almaviva Red Wine 2015 Maipo Valley “A glorious and complex nose of tobacco, blackberries and hints of stones and fl owers. Hints of bitter chocolate...Linear backbone gives this form and tension...So balanced and harmonious...” (100 points) JS, May 2017 67 12 bottles (2 owc) per lot $1100–1700