TN's: Acker's Pre-Auction Wine Dinner

WINE TALK
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Early last week I received an unusual email from JK at Acker Merrall. The first paragraph was a group invitation to a byob dinner at Colicchio and Sons. Nothing unusual there. The second paragraph however listed me as not only the host, but explained how I was generously pickingup the tab for the group (which turned out to be around 35 people). Quite the gesture of JK to make me such a generous host. [shock.gif] At least I didn’t have to supply all of the wines.

A ton of wine went around the room so i will just comment on some of my favorites.

'66 Dom Perignon Mag - off the chain. Lively effervescence, great yellow fruit, signature DP notes of coffee and chocolate. Only a touch of nuttiness to this perfectly stored mag. Grew as the night wore on. Killer minus

'76 Salon - a vanilla creamsicle with great structure. Blanc de Blancs showing its style.
Such a great laser beam of acidity on the finish. This bottle had decades of perfect drinking left to it. Staggering plus

'76 Cristal - Another 35 year old Champagne with lively effevescence. Great fruit with plenty of complexity, but the sweetness is a little too high for my personal preferences, but not so much not to be extremely enjoyable. A fantastic third place finish. Staggering

'91 Rousseau Chambertin - beautifully elegant and feminine perfumed nose. Plenty of red fruit. Perfect softness and just entering its window of maximum enjoyment. Not a flaw to it. Staggering

Honorable mention to '85 Gaja Costa Russi out of dbl mag.

Always a fun night at an Acker event especially when a bunch of the usual suspects are there.

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Glad to hear the '91 Rousseau is performing well! [cheers.gif]

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if you JK offered you to host and you did…I can’t wait to hear how he is going to make it up to you.

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Perhaps jk was indelicately revealing you can’t get dinner companions unless you pay for them. Would have joined but you already bought my dinner in January!

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I’m awaiting elaboration on the involuntary hosting. Did you end up picking it up on goodwill? Was this a crossed signals situation? Inquiring minds want to know.

Cheers,
fred

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Ray, send me a PM with your email address. I’ve got a few events coming up, and I need you to host, pick up the tab, and provide the wine… Just kidding of course, but would be interesting to know how Kapon pulled that one off.