FRIDAY, MAY 13 & SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 AN AUCTION OF FINEST & RAREST WINES 8:30AM AT TRU RESTAURANT TRU Restaurant 676 N. St. Clair Street Chicago Those bidding or sending inquiries should refer to this auction as Sale #1605 “DEERING” Session I: Friday, May 13, 2016 - 8:30am (Lots 1 - 1405) Session II: Saturday, May 14, 2016 - 8:30am (Lots 1406 - 2556) HART DAVIS HART WINE CO. 1511 W. 38TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60609 tel: 312.482.9996 fax: 312.335.9096 www.hdhwine.com Table of Contents Letter from the President 3 HDH Event: Colgin Cellars Dinner with Special Guests Ann Colgin, Joe Wender, and Paul Roberts 4 HDH Retail Selections 5 Auction Highlights 6 Session I: Lots 1 - 1405 7-86 Session II: Lots 1406 - 2556 87-159 Index of Wines 160-181 Half-Bottle & Large Format Index 174-178 OWC Index 178-181 Ullage, Bottle Size Descriptions & Abbreviations Used in this Catalog; Our Auction Venue: TRU Restaurant 182 Procedures for Bidding & Payment 183 Conditions of Sale 185 Collection, Delivery & Storage 185 About HDH & How to Sell your Wines with HDH 186 Delivery & Collection Instructions Form 187 Absentee Bidding Form 189-190 Upcoming Auction Dates: June 25, 2016 September 17, 2016 November 5, 2016 Hart Davis Hart is now offering long term storage in our state-of-the-art, temperature and humidity controlled cellar. Contact [email protected] for more information. Lots Pictured on Front Cover: Lots 269, 270, 278, 1773, 2102-2104 (L-R) Lots Pictured on Back Cover: Lots 1789, 2013, 681 (L-R) April 2016 Spring has offi cially arrived in Chicago as I write this on a beautiful 80-degree day in April. Before I discuss the highlights of our exciting May auction, I want to thank all of our consignors and bidders for making the fi rst three months of 2016 one of our most successful quarters ever. Auction sales in the fi rst quarter of 2016 were up 34% from the same period last year to $11,983,651. 100% of the lots offered by HDH in the fi rst quarter were sold, with prices rising signifi cantly. The HDH Index is up 13% since the fi rst quarter of 2015. We were aided by the rollout of our mobile bidding app, which is now available for both IOS and Android. Our bidding platform has made it easier than ever to place bids from anywhere in the world, and we have seen record numbers of bidders as a result. None of this could happen without our consignors, who continue to trust HDH to sell remarkable collections like the ones that follow in this catalog. Ben Nelson We are honored to welcome Ann Colgin, Joe Wender, and Paul Roberts for a very special Colgin President Cellars dinner at RPM Steak on Thursday, May 12th, to kick off the auction weekend. A special Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. consignment from the winery will follow on Saturday (lots 1763-1779) consisting of library offerings from the 1992 vintage onwards, as well as numerous rare large format bottlings. Our two-day auction will offer old- and new-world wines of incredible diversity and provenance with and estimated gross of $4-6 million dollars. We will open the sale with an Exceptional Offering Featuring a Veritable Library of Classic Bordeaux (lots 1-222). This perfectly stored collection boasts case upon case of 2009s from the region’s best estates. Following this outstanding consignment, great Bordeaux will continue to appear throughout the sale totaling an estimated $1.7-2.5 million and featuring vintages dating to as far back as 1926. An impressive 64 lots of 1982 Bordeaux will be offered including a full case of Lafi te Rothschild in OWC (lot 876, est. $22,000-32,000). California wine afi cionados will be thrilled by offerings from Screaming Eagle, Harlan, and Bryant while those seeking Burgundy will be pleased to fi nd 548 lots, which are projected to bring in nearly $1 million. Collectors will not want to miss the 8 bottle lot of 1986 Montrachet from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (lot 2039, est. $26,000-38,000) along with the 58 additional lots of DRC found throughout the sale. One particularly noteworthy offering is A Collection of Fine Burgundy from Esteemed Producers (lots 223-383), with 146 Burgundy lots from DRC, Bouchard, Ponsot, Rousseau, and many others. The rarities found in this parcel were carefully purchased and stored and would be prized additions to any Burgundy collection. We appreciate your support of HDH and hope you will join us either in the auction room, online or via our mobile app for this special sale. We’d also like to remind you that if you are looking to make room in your cellar, now is a great time to sell – our fi rst two auctions of the year achieved robust results. Please contact [email protected] to include a selection of your wines in our June auction, the fi nal sale of the season. The market is on the rise and we are here to help! Sincerely, Ben Nelson President Colgin Cellars Dinner with Special Guests Ann Colgin, Joe Wender, and Paul Roberts Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:00pm RPM Steak 66 West Kinzie Chicago, IL 60654 $500 per person (all inclusive) Ann Colgin founded Colgin Cellars in 1992 with a vision of making the fi nest wines from excep onal hillside vineyards in St. Helena. She cul vated a reputa on for quality by working alongside the most talented winemakers in Napa Valley. Colgin’s fruit is gently harvested and carefully blended to create hand-cra ed wines that are notably more savory and aroma c than their Californian peers, leaving no ques on as to why they are so highly sought a er. It’s abundantly clear why Robert Parker calls Colgin Cellars “…undeniably one of the most me culously, passionately run wineries in the world…” (The World’s Greatest Wine Estates) We’re thrilled to have Ann, her husband and co-vintner Joe Wender, and Colgin COO Paul Roberts join us here in Chicago to be our guides for this special tas ng. The wines will be paired with a special menu prepared by Chef Doug Psals s of RPM Steak. We hope you can join us for what promises to be a very special evening of food and wine. 2011 Corton-Charlemagne, Camille Giroud 2000 Colgin, Tychson Hill Vineyard (magnum) 2005 Colgin, Cariad 2006 Colgin, IX Estate 2010 Colgin, IX Estate 2007 Colgin Syrah, IX Estate For more informa on or to make reserva ons, please contact us at [email protected] or 312.667.1161. Hart Davis Hart Retail Your Source for 2015 Bordeaux Futures The HDH Retail team recently traveled to Bordeaux to participate in barrel tastings of the 2015 vintage. Critics and winemakers have praised this vintage as the best since 2010. We are pleased to confi rm that the wine is as excellent as anticipated, and as the Chateaux release their fi rst tranche prices, we look forward to being your source for 2015 futures! 2015 Futures Offerings will Include: Ausone Cheval Blanc Ducru-Beaucaillou Haut-Brion La Mission Haut-Brion Lafi te Rothschild L’Eglise-Clinet Léoville-Las-Cases Lynch-Bages Margaux Montrose Mouton Rothschild Palmer Pichon-Longueville, Lalande Vieux Château Certan Contact us for more information: [email protected] 312.379.8710 hdhwine.com/2015futures Highlights of this Auction Lots 1-122 A Vast, Astounding and Exceptional Offering Featuring a Veritable Library of Classic Bordeaux Lots 223-383 A Collection of Fine Burgundy from Esteemed Producers Including DRC, Dujac, Rousseau and Several Others Lots 1406-1510 A Remarkable Selection Featuring Multiple Offerings of Red Bordeaux Spanning Over Eight Decades Along with a Wide Array of Top Producers of France and Italy from One of the Most Respected Collectors in America who is a Repeat Consignor Many Times Over and a Dear Friend to HDH Lots 1511-1573 An Exquisite Cellar of Finest and Rarest European Wine, Many in Case Quantities, from a Manhattan Collector Lots 1574-1762 An Incredible Selection of Finest French Wines Featuring a Wide Range of Top Burgundy with a Roll Call of Top Producers from the Cellar of a Long- Time HDH Client and Repeat Consignor Lots 1763-1779 A Glorious Library of Magnifi cent Colgin FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016 AN AUCTION OF FINEST & RAREST WINES LOTS 1 - 1405 8:30AM A VAST, ASTOUNDING AND EXCEPTIONAL OFFERING Château Palmer 1989 FEATURING A VERITABLE LIBRARY OF CLASSIC Margaux, 3me cru classé BORDEAUX Late release; proof tags attached to all capsules “One of the superstars of the vintage...Gorgeous and seemingly fully All Wines Acquired Upon Release From Respected Sources Both mature yet brilliantly balanced...may well turn out to be a modern-day in Europe and America and Cellared Since in Ideal Temperature- clone of the glorious 1953.” (95 points) Robert M. Parker, Jr., Bordeaux, 4th Edition (2003) and Humidity-Controlled Professional Storage 8 3 bottles per lot $600–900 Château Lafi te Rothschild 1945 Pauillac, 1er cru classé Château Latour 1990 Very high shoulder level; label damp stained, torn and loose; capsule Pauillac, 1er cru classé corroded and torn; short capsule reveals fully branded cork Two top shoulder, two very high shoulder level; two labels slightly bin “...Very Lafi te. Lots of acid. Very light ‘aperitif’ style. Palate whetter. soiled, one torn; one slightly sunken cork; multiple importers Much lighter than most 45s...Slightly dusty. Dry fi nish. Not intense. “...vibrant nose of redcurrant, licorice, minerals and tobacco...Thick Lafi te Lite...Vibrant and long.