Word: yquem
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...brings out menus from some of these dinners, filled with names that strike sharp pangs of envy into other oenophiles’ hearts: mature Château Montrose, Château Mouton Rothschild (each bottle now worth more than $1,000), and Château d’Yquem (which Thomas Jefferson liked so much that he bought 250 bottles for himself, plus a few more for George Washington). And these were only a part of a single dinner. Membership is limited to 14 because there are exactly 14 tasting portions in an ordinary bottle of wine...
...community. "It's almost like a Latin American economy, some very rich and some very poor. This could cause a revolution," worries Pierre Lurton, who runs two of the most exclusive properties, Château Cheval Blanc in the St. Emilion region and Château d'Yquem, the world-famous sweet white Sauternes. Despite their eye-watering prices, bottles of both are being snapped up by a new breed of very wealthy people in places like China and Russia, as well as by U.S. and other investment funds. Back at Château Pontet-Canet, Tesseron sits down...
...those who aren't. "It's almost like a Latin American economy, some very rich and some very poor. This could cause a revolution," worries Pierre Lurton, who runs two of the most exclusive properties, Château Cheval Blanc in the St. Emilion region and Château d'Yquem, the world-famous sweet white Sauternes. Back at Château Pontet-Canet, Tesseron sits down for dinner with his wife Isabelle and a decanter of his house 1996. In the Bordeaux hierarchy, Pontet-Canet isn't one of the very top châteaux, but it's still a name, thanks...
...Today the collection includes nearly 2,000 Balthazars (12-L bottles), Nebuchadnezzars (15 L) and Melchiors (18 L) stored in custom-made racks beneath the ski lodge. The remainder, including the oldest and priciest wine, a rare 1895 Chateaux D'Yquem retailing at $21,420, are kept in the hotel's 600-year-old cellar. The two cellars together hold more than 70,000 bottles worth $4.9 million. "Fine wines age more slowly in large-format bottles and stay at their peak for longer," Adi says. "To share one with friends is an unforgettable experience...
...Rothschild and Château Cheval-Blanc also obliged. Today the collection includes nearly 2,000 Balthazars (12-L bottles), Nebuchadnezzars (15 L) and Melchiors (18 L) stored in custom-made racks beneath the ski lodge. The remainder, including the oldest and priciest wine, a rare 1895 Chateaux D'Yquem retailing at $21,420, are kept in the hotel's 600-year-old cellar. The two cellars together hold more than 70,000 bottles worth $4.9 million. "Fine wines age more slowly in large-format bottles and stay at their peak for longer," Adi says. "To share one with friends...