WINES AND SPIRITS
Auction of fine wines and spirits from private collections, with an exceptional selection of Burgundy wines and bottles from the private cellar of Giacomo Tachis.
Thursday 16 November 2017
Part one, 10.00 am | lots 1-608 - Part two, 7.45 pm
Friday 17 November 2017
Part three, 10.00 am | lots 629-1368
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
VIEWING By appointment only
Condition report: Luisa Bianconi • lbianconi@astebolaffi.it
Lot 401
Janus Gran Reserva 1991, Tinto Pesquera
WS 95/100
Private collection of a wine lover
(2 bts)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 402
Nebro 1999, Finca Villacreces
RP 95/100
Private collection of a wine lover
(1 bt)
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 403
Oremus Tokaji Aszù 5 Puttonyos 2000
6 bts original wooden case
From the private cellar of a winemaker from Veneto region
(12 bts 0,50 Lt.)
Starting price: € 550 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 404
Opus One 2001
Napa Valley
From the private cellar of a Tuscan restaurant's owner
(1 bt)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 405
Arborina Langhe 1996, Elio Altare
Langhe
The Arborina vineyard is the kingdom of Elio Altare; he and his family survey it from on high in the winery that stands at the top of the cru. This red, refined only in barrique and macerated for just a few days, is a pure Nebbiolo, that twenty years ago was
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Starting price: € 125 | Sold for : € 250 Ordinary vat
Lot 406
Arborina Langhe 2001, Elio Altare
Langhe
Original carton
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 300 Ordinary vat
Lot 407
Barolo 1996, Elio Altare
Langhe
WS 89/100
A late harvest and a particularly cool year has given us reds from Nebbiolo grapes that age especially well and that at first seem not to want to ever mellow, with very robust tannins that have finally begun to relax and gain harmony. Very pleasant.
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 300 Ordinary vat
Lot 408
Barolo 1997, Elio Altare
Langhe
Original carton
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325 Ordinary vat
Lot 409
Barolo 2001, Elio Altare
Langhe
WS 92/100
Original carton
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 350 Ordinary vat
Lot 410
Barbaresco Asili 2008, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 90/100
Stained and slightly torn labels
Bruno Giacosa is one of the greatest soloists of Nebbiolo, with spectacular versions of both Barbaresco and Barolo. His Asili, a fabulous vineyard in the town of Barbaresco, has always been one of his favorites and, in
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Starting price: € 275 | Sold for : € 375 Ordinary vat
Lot 411
Barbaresco Asili 2008, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 90/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 275 | Sold for : € 375 Ordinary vat
Lot 412
Barbaresco Asili 2008, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 90/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 275 | Sold for : € 375 Ordinary vat
Lot 413
Barbaresco Asili 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 93/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
(12 bts)
Starting price: € 425 | Sold for : € 750 Ordinary vat
Lot 414
Barbaresco Asili 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 93/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
(12 bts)
Starting price: € 425 | Sold for : € 750 Ordinary vat
Lot 415
Barbaresco Santo Stefano 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
This is a rather warm and not as typical vintage that Bruno Giacosa, flanked by his trusted and extremely capable enologist Dante Scaglione, handled with great skill, in order to produce a well-structured and powerful red. Even
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Starting price: € 425 | Sold for : € 600 Ordinary vat
Lot 416
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
2004 (2 bts)
WS 96/100, RP 98/100
2007 (1 bt)
WS 95/100, RP 97/100
SF It is very unlikely that Bruno Giacosa could ever make a mistake in dedicating a red label to a wine or a vintage, so one can always be certain of the choice. In particular, 2004, a very classical
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700 Ordinary vat
Lot 417
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.200 Ordinary vat
Lot 418
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.200 Ordinary vat
Lot 419
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
With Rabajà, also at Barbaresco, Asili is one of the most desirable Additional Geographical Mentions of the denomination. It is a vineyard that has such important potential as to make it the standard against which a great many vintners
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Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 900 Ordinary vat
Lot 420
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.100 Ordinary vat
Lot 421
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
When Bruno Giacosa decides to bring out a Red Label, which designates his Reserve wines, you can be sure that the wine and the vintage in question respond to his strict criteria of selection.
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.100 Ordinary vat
Lot 422
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
2011 was a year that we can tranquilly label as warm, with little precipitation: probably not ideal conditions for nebbiolo, but Bruno Giacosa and Asili performed the miracle, bringing us a wine at the highest level.
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 750 | Sold for : € 1.000 Ordinary vat
Lot 423
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original single wooden cases
(2 Dmag)
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000 Ordinary vat
Lot 424
Barbaresco Asili Riserva Etichetta Rossa 2011, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original single wooden cases
(2 Dmag)
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600 Ordinary vat
Lot 425
Barolo Falletto 2007, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 96/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 550 Ordinary vat