Christian Vanneque and the 1811 Chateau d’Yquem
Looks like the oenophilic community has another hot topic to discuss at a cocktail reception: French private collector Christian Vanneque has busted the world record for the dearest bottle of white wine, purchasing a 1811 Chateau d'Yquem for US$117,000.
The 200 year-old bottled ambrosia, memorably described by American wine critic Robert Parker as being akin to "liquefied crème brûlée", was presented to the London press this week. The 1811 bottle's eye-popping prize may be attributed in part to the fact that it was bottled in the mythical "comet year" - wine connoisseurs have pointed to the presence of a comet for the reason why wines were so extraordinary that year.
It was bought by Mr Vanneque from Steven Williams of Antique Wine Co., and hails from the same Bordeaux chateau as the previous world record-holder, a bottle of 1787 Chateau d'Yquem, which sold for $100,000 in 2006.
Mr Vanneque, who owns a restaurant in Indonesia, says he has no plans on selling the wine at his dinery - instead, he says he will uncork the bottle n 2017 at La Tour d’Argent in Paris, to mark the 50th anniversary of his career.
The bottle will be displayed at Vanneque's SIP Sunset Grill in Bali, Indonesia: “It will be featured and displayed in a bulletproof showcase, like a painting, so people can see it easily. It’ll be a mini-Fort Knox, impossible to open.”
“I will never resell it, even if a wealthy Chinese gentleman or a rich man from the Middle East offers to buy it,” said Mr. Vanneque. “I’m not a fancy collector. I’m not rich. I work very hard. This is important that it’s not connected to investing. I’m a sommelier. Wine is for drinking.”
Via [WSJ]
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