The Art of Being Jacques

Highlights

Since 1844, Penfolds has been grounded in experimentation, curiosity, and uncompromising quality. These carefully selected wines (some up to $2500 per bottle and unavailable on the market) will be paired with each course.

Wines to be served

2012 Penfolds x Champagne Thiénot Lot 3 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne – France – Inaugural vintage celebrating our 175^th anniversary. We have re-ignited our love affair with sparkling wine, a project Penfolds first explored on Australia soil in the early 1900’s. Now more than a century later, we set our sights on France and the region of Champagne. Partnering with Thiénot, a respected player in the world of Champagne, Penfolds has worked in tandem with their team to release an extraordinary Champagne.

Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay – Penfolds’ flagship white wine known as ‘white Grange’. Launched in 1998 with the 1995 vintage, Yattarna is the result of one of the most comprehensive, focused and highly publicized wine development projects ever conducted in Australia. The aspiration and independence of mind across generations of Penfolds winemakers inspired the ambition to create a white wine that would set the standard for ultra-fine Australian Chardonnay.

2018 Bin 98 Quantum Cabernet Sauvignon Wine of the World – Featured with service from our Imperial St. Louis Aevum Crystal Decanter Service Ritual.Penfolds Quantum Bin 98 is the continuation of a twenty-year endeavor from when Australian vine cuttings were planted in Californian soil. The wine serves as the most powerful expression of our blending style and leads the charge in Penfolds ambition to seek out parcels of intense flavor, structural tannins and equal parts grace and complexity. Northern and southern hemispheres bring prized cabernet sauvignon from Napa Valley and pedigreed shiraz from South Australia, respectively, into each other’s realm. Not adhering to expectations and de rigueur.

Limited Edition 2018 Superblend Duo 802A and 802B Cabernet – Shiraz Blend – One Superblend. Two Interpretations. Superblend 802.A and Superblend 802.B represent two unique interpretations of the iconic Australian blend of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz, sourced from unique parcels destined for Penfolds flagships.

2021 La Chapelle Grange –Uniting winemaking cultures, spanning hemispheres and time. Fate. A longstanding friendship between two winemakers created an idea. The idea became a trial. The trial became a wine. And then there were three – 2021 (bottled), 2022 (bottled) and 2023 (in barrel). Syrah from the legendary Hill of Hermitage, La Chapelle, coupled with Shiraz from esteemed South Australian vineyards, Grange. The blend’s raison d’être: One variety – reunited, reinterpreted, reassembled. This is the only tasting of this wine in North America.  The US allocation was less than 100 bottles on a very limited overall production.

Grandfather 50 Year Rare Tawny – The 50-Year-Old Rare Tawny is a symbol of Penfolds heritage, typifying collaboration, and shared creative expression. Only 330 bottles produced per series, this wine’s components include a blend from the 1915, 1940, 1945, 1965, 1969 and 1994 vintages and they carry a generic connection to the earliest recorded vintage of Penfolds Grandfather Tawny.

Guests will have the opportunity to purchase Penfolds wines that are not available to the public, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Jacques Pépin Foundation.

Guests will also receive signed copies of Pépin’s book, The Art of Jacques Pepin, as well as a copy of the evening’s menu, illustrated and signed by Pépin.