Y’quem is breaking records. A bottle of the 1811 vintage recently sold for nearly thirty eight thousand pounds and a collection of 136 bottles of 70 vintages went for just shy of £370,000 and the question has to be asked, are they worth it?
Sotherby’s, who conducted the auction of the collection, say that they think that the buyer has bought it to drink, which I think is brilliant. These wines are supposed to be drunk, and if the buyer has a place at the tasting going spare, I can be contacted on peterwood@thetastingnote.com, but my concern lies with the line from Lee Zinser of Cellarworks, the company that bought the 1811 wine. He says that the bottle was bought for one of Cellarworks’ clients for “a very special project”. I only hope that project is a nice meal with brilliant wine.
Sotherby’s, who conducted the auction of the collection, say that they think that the buyer has bought it to drink, which I think is brilliant. These wines are supposed to be drunk, and if the buyer has a place at the tasting going spare, I can be contacted on peterwood@thetastingnote.com, but my concern lies with the line from Lee Zinser of Cellarworks, the company that bought the 1811 wine. He says that the bottle was bought for one of Cellarworks’ clients for “a very special project”. I only hope that project is a nice meal with brilliant wine.
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