It’s a region I’m not super knowledgeable about. Price seems somewhat reasonable given the retail cost of these wines. They are on the young side I would think and wondering if they will show OK
Hard to answer for you, not knowing how you drink and price things. I don’t drink Lucien Le Moine but I would have still gone for it to taste high quality wines and discover/ learn.
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“Yes but”
- Yes. The price is really excellent for expensive, high quality wines presented in an educational format. If offered in NYC I imagine price would be double and it would still sell out really quickly.
- But manage expectations. These are very young wines, some think 2017s are shut down and I imagine the pours will be light at that price.
17 grand crus are actually drinking quite well now. I would def attend that tasting.
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Not the best producer, but good enough to easily justify this tasting. And yes, a nice vintage, that is still drinking pretty well now.
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Looks like a good opportunity. I would go.
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The price is $150++
what does ++ represent? 
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Usually means tax and tip
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Hopefully plus tip plus tax and not plus $50 for each GC 
Regarding the tasting, I think it a worth it…
I’d go. I have limited experience with Le Moine, but enough to say that 2017 would be interesting and that line up would be a great way of deciding whether or not you liked the style. @Alan_Rath is blunt but not unfair in his summary IMO. Annoying need-to-know: unless he has changed his bottling, his bottles are an extra coupla mm thicker than usual, just wide enough to make racking them in a eurocave a complete PitA.
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It’s Lucien Le Moine. Any price is too much. You might as well be drinking Latour or Ponsot. You’re not getting a deal here.
They are usually generous. I had a Bordo event that had three first growths and several super seconds you are allowed to come back for as many pours as you wanted.
At tastings, I’m not usually there to drink a large quantity. More for the experience of something I’ve never tried
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Tax and grat. Add about 30% to base price if I’m not mistaken.
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Lucien Le Moine is a really good producer. I would pay $150 to taste his top notch GC’s
That is biased.
LeMoine is a negociant, quality depends on his sources, but although a bit mixed I had more positive results than mean ones with his wines. He has gone back a bit with his oak regime.
Price is not high fof GCs and 2017 might show well with enough air.
Definitively YES
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I would go; $150 is reasonable price to taste a flight of LLM GCs and see if they fit your palate. I went light on the 17 vintage across the board but have lately tasted some excellent wines from other producers from 17 (Drouhin Griotte, Hudelot Noellat RSV)
I’ve always enjoyed le Moine wines for easy pleasure, but have lately stopped buying them. For the price of his GCs, I can buy specific producers and vineyards I want to try. Also my palate is evolving, and while the LLM wines can be a reliable and crowd-pleasing treat to open, the house style seems often on the big side and not overly complex.
I’ve heard the comment from wine friends whose opinions I trust that the wines are delicious young, but seem not to age well.
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I’ve found them a little reductive and clunky when very young, and in my limited experience they age quickly. There is probably a very narrow optimal window for the 1er cru at least, and a wider one for the GC. But that is an inference from only a few data points. That said they are easy to drink. I bet the 2017 GCs are surprisingly accessible and now is a flattering time to try them.
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Where is the tasting?
I’ve had a LLM Charmes-Chambertin 2002 last fall that was excellent - perfectly mature, not the most complex but very satisfying. I think they age -
Appears to be Dallas