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
Lot 426
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
Lot 427
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
(12 bts)
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 850 Ordinary vat
Lot 428
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
(12 bts)
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 850 Ordinary vat
Lot 429
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375 Ordinary vat
Lot 430
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450 Ordinary vat
Lot 431
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 432
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450 Ordinary vat
Lot 433
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 434
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 435
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 436
Barolo Falletto 2012, Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
WS 94/100
Original wooden case
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 437
Barbaresco Asili 1995, Bruno Giacosa
Langhe
(4 bts)
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 438
Barolo Aeroplan Servaj 2010, Domenico Clerico
Langhe
WS 92/100, RP 97/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
Domenico's father used to call him Aeroplan Servaj (wild airplane in the old Piedmont dialect), because his head was always in the clouds, off in a dream world. This wine is dedicated to the memory of his father
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 700 Ordinary vat
Lot 439
Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra 2004, Domenico Clerico
Langhe
WS 93/100, RP 97/100
Original carton
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 300 Ordinary vat
Lot 440
Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra 2006, Domenico Clerico
Langhe
WS 96/100, RP 97/100
Original carton
(3 Mag)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 300 Ordinary vat
Lot 441
Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra 2009, Domenico Clerico
Langhe
WS 92/100
2 x 6 bts original wooden cases
Domenico's wife, Giuliana, has taken over the management and we are certain that she will succeed with her determination to produce great new wines. This label is the one that, perhaps more than any other, represents
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 442
Barolo Pajana 2009, Domenico Clerico
Langhe
WS 92/100
2 x 6 bts original cartons
Domenico Clerico, who passed away on a hot day in August this year, was one of the most innovative vintners of the Langa region and also one of the most enjoyable to visit. Quick to laugh and always ready to take part in any
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 443
Barolo Sorì Ginestra, Conterno Fantino
Langhe
1989 (1 Mag)
2005 (3 Mag)
WS 93/100
Original carton
(Tot. 4 Mag)
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300 Ordinary vat
Lot 444
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2010, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
(9 bts)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 425 Ordinary vat
Lot 445
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2012, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
WS 92/100
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275 Ordinary vat
Lot 446
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2013, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 447
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2013, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 448
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2013, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
(6 bts)
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 400 Ordinary vat
Lot 449
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2013, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
Original carton
Barbera with a capital B from the Langa district, product of an excellent vineyard that, above all, interprets it with the purest classical spirit. Here the use of the large wooden casks serves for the oxygenation of the red and absolutely not as a
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 700 Ordinary vat
Lot 450
Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia 2013, Giacomo Conterno
Langhe
Original carton
2013 is very classical year; the harvest wasn’t certainly early, and this reduced the alcoholic power of the Barbera, but refined it and made it more enjoyable.
(12 bts)
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 700 Ordinary vat