JOHN KAPON

380 Château Latour - Vintage 1929Pauillaclbsl, nl, reconditioned at the Château in 1989,outstanding color and condition“Sixteen notes, almost all 5 stars, dating from December1955. Generally sweet, soft and luscious a completecontrast to the monumental and tannic 28 velvety, elongated.”(5stars MB)1 magnum per lot US$7000-9000per lot HK$56000-72000Lot: 380381-382 NO LOTS383 Château Lynch Bages - Vintage 1982Pauillac6lbsl, 3lwrl, 2nl, 1scl, 1spc“Extremely youthful ruby color, with a hint of garnet.Berry, currant and mint character, with an earthnote. Full-bodied, extremely concentrated yet sweetand fruity, with fine tannins and a long, long finish.Inspirational...”(96pts WS)6 magnums per lot US$4500-6000per lot HK$36000-48000384 Château Montrose - Vintage 1985St. Estephe12bsl, 7wasl, 4nl, 4lscl, 3stl, 6sdc“The 1985 had a gorgeous nose: forward, fragrant andseductive. There was plump cassis, plum, chocolate, nut,caramel, cedar, minerals, pencil, bread and earth alldancing in unison in its nose. Steve called it ‘rich, especiallycompared to 1986,’ and the palate was just deliciouswith its round and rich flavors, with more of theearth and mineral shades exerting themselves. The saltinessof St. Est phe seemed to be taking charge, and therewere more tannins and acidity than I expected on the palate;it was still less dry and tannic than the 1986 but justas good if not slightly better at this stage. Bipin, right oncue, went into his 1985 vs. 1986 spiel, which is how 1985is superior to 1986 and that the two vintages are similarto 1953 vs. 1952. For this wine and this moment, the casecould be made, although I thought the 1985 lost its focusmore over time in the glass, but it was certainly the mostenjoyable of the first flight at the moment. James called it‘softer, rounder and more ready, but I like the more austerequality of 1986.’...”(93pts JK)10 bottles per lot US$1200-1600per lot HK$9600-12800385 Château Mouton Rothschild - Vintage 1928Pauillacvhs, bsl, fl, vlscl, spc, scc, excellent color and condition“Fabulous nose - sweet fruit and cedar incredibly classicand ripe awesome again someone from Europe scoldedme for my high praise of this wine in Volume 1, but I amstanding by my Château, and it is the wine that reallydoes the talking. Again, the Good Lawyer concurred withme (our palates really were separated at birth) leatheryflavors and great grip those delicious, old cherry andnutty flavors were in effect, and the wine stood toe-to-toewith the Latour.”(98+pts JK)1 bottle per lot US$2000-3000per lot HK$16000-24000Acker Merrall & Condit (Asia) Ltd. 1902B, 19/F, The Centrium, 60 Wyndham St., Central, Hong Kong ∙ Tel. +852.2525.0538 ∙ Fax +852.2525.0598 ∙ Email: info@ackerasia.com105