I would hope to hell it was a generous pour of 3-4 oz.
No way, not on Louis XIII. It goes for something like $4,000 per 750ml bottle.
"Very first", huh? So there were multiple?!?!
Oh yeah... I forgot that you're a little older than me, and you were probably in the industry before the dot com bubble burst... I remember the stories that some of the older guys in sales told me about that era. It sounded, uhh, like QUITE the scene.
Heh, yeah. Things were pretty free-wheeling in the mid-late-90s, in Austin and San Jose and everywhere else tech bros congregated.
I've had it I think 4 times in my life now? First time in Orange County at the Morton's in Newport Beach, twice in France that I recall (could be more, our French field sales office liked to buy expensive stuff for us when we visited, and honestly I don't remember every night there...). And then most recently was actually just a couple of weeks ago.
My sister's boyfriend has a brother who's apparently a VIP at casinos in Las Vegas. They've given him several bottles over the years and he doesn't drink it so he gives them to his dad, and his brother (my sister's boyfriend). I was over at their place a couple of weeks ago looking through his liquor cabinet at some really cool crystal dragon bottles of brandy he has that are annual editions from Costco, and behind it I saw a 3/4 full bottle of Louis XIII. My eyes popped out of my head and Pete looked at me and said, "you want some?" I said, "Uhhh, yeah!" It was just as delicious as I remember.
