Ch. La Conseillante Dinner

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My friend has just joined a club for wine lovers. He was invited to a wine dinner which was specifically made for him. He can bring 6 guests to the dinner and I was one of them. The dinner was held in Wanchai.

I thought that was a rather "usual" type wine dinner, like those having a number of different tables and the host was wandering around different tables to chat with the guest, etc. However, this one was really special and individually made.

There was only 1 table with 12 seats, in a private room of a restaurant. My friends and i, the customer service officer for my friend's account and his supervisor, the chairman of the club, the chateau owner and its wine-maker of the chateau of the wine which we were going to taste, that made up the 12 people.

Each of us have a name plate and a bouchure.

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These 3 people are the chairman of the club, the owner of Ch. La Conseillante and their wine maker (estate manager).

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There was a brief description of the Chateau and the club at the last few pages of the bouchure.

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The welcome drink was 1999 Salon. As the chateau only produces red bordeaux, they picked a white burgundy for the dinner.

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Food. A tailor made menu and the food was individually served.

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More food.  

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Wine, we tasted the 2010, 2006, 2005, 2000 and 1990. The bottles were carefully served.

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The estate manager gave us a little surprise. That was a half bottle of 2015 sample. This sample was just bottled 2 days before we tasted, an oversea En-primeur tasting.