This tasting will go down in the memory as one of the most remarkable I have ever been to. In this day and age, when the great wines of the world are so prohibitably expensive, to see such a line up is something that I doubt I will ever experience again.
The event was put on by Ficofi, a wine investment/prestige corporate tasting company based in France, presumably sponsored by Ed Peter, the owner of Kaesler Wines in the Barossa who is also a big player in the world of finance. The rumour was that it was put on for some heavy hitting Asian investors who flew down especially for the occasion, and who would blame them.
The scary thing was that it was almost impossible to get around to all the wines. Absurdly, you found yourself spitting out mouthfuls of wine from $5000, large format bottles. All the great names of wine were there...Montrachet, La Tache, Leroy, Petrus, Guigal, Margaux, Musigny, and the list goes on. It was a wonderful experience, but something of a guilty pleasure. I doubt that I'll ever get to do something like this again.
Unfortunately I had to run for the airport, and didn't get to try everything. I also didn't really do a lot of the wines justice, rushing through many and unable to really take in everything that I would have liked to. Still, I'll remember it for a long time to come. It was a great privilege to be invited and I thank Kaesler very much for the opportunity.
More notes and pics to follow.
(Disclaimer- I'm a director of D&H Fine Wine which has a commercial relationship with Kaesler)
