Bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem sells for 75,000 pounds

Hi Dick,

I'd put it in the cellar for a few years to ensure it was fully settled, then fly my very best friends in and enjoy it. 200 years is enough aging, even for Yquem. Anyway, you can get it for less:

I cannot imagine spending that for a bottle of wine, no matter how much money I had. The money could house a family for a year or more, for goodness sakes! Anyway the issue is never likely to become a moral dilemma...

-E

I would hesitate in purchasing anything breakable as an investment. Accidentally drop it on the floor and it's gone.

Dick

You could insure it like that catastrophic NZ wine shipment.

I've had the rare privilege of trying several stickies from that era and slightly older, all much more modest than Yquem, and only one was undrinkable (meaning not that good, but it had not "gone bad").

of course one question is how many of the Yquems that Broadbent tasted multiple times were from Hardy Rodenstock.