I just spoke to my buddy Donn Hein who has quite a collection of HB going back to 1929. He is going to send me a '89 and I have a '90. This will be limited to 10 people on a Sat. night targeting the 26th.
Let me know how that date works or maybe the 19th.
Being it is a Sat. night Chris can only do the round table in the window which seats 8 which I believe we have.
The only solution is to switch to a restaurant in Waltham or Wellesley OR go with a weekday.
I was just notified by this EM of this auction date. Sotheby’s Wine will round out its New York calendar of auctions on 19 November 2016 with Champagne Bollinger, Direct From The Cellars & Finest Wines.
I will be in NYC, 18 & 19 November.
A shame BUT the show (OL) will go on as planned
Attendee’s
Ron and Joyce
Kevin Foley
Kevin L
Craig G
We have room for three more
I will edit in all the wines being brought when I have the whole list from ALL the attendee’s.
In my absence, I will make available a 1975 Haut Brion for your collective drinking pleasure.
Below is R. Parkers’ most recent review of this wine.
Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition
Date: Jan 2003 Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Rating: 94
Drink: 2003 - 2025
Current cost: $425-$850
A wine I completely misjudged early in its life, the 1975 has turned out to be a great wine and one of the top dozen or so wines of the vintage. It actually comes close to competing with the immortal 1975 La Mission-Haut-Brion, one of the most powerful, concentrated wines made in Bordeaux in the last 25 years. The 1975 Haut-Brion shows a dark plum/garnet color, a gorgeously sweet nose of singed saddle leather, scorched earth, tobacco, herb, red as well as black currants, plum, fig, and creosote. Very full-bodied, intense, with noticeable but sweet tannin, this layered, full-bodied wine is very opulent, rich, with striking aromatics. It is a fabulous effort in a vintage that has lost considerable support form Bordeaux wine enthusiasts. This is one of the exceptions. Anticipated maturity: Now-2025. Last tasted, 11/02.
Hopefully, Ron can do another Wine/Dinner in the spring, 2017!