Was looking at last weeks Acker auction results. Lot #115 - (8) bottles of 2004 Leroy Bourgogne Rouge - $14,880.00!!!
Somebody please give me some rational for this.
2004 was a unique yet controversial vintage for Leroy.That year, Madame Leroy declassified all her upper level wines to villages level as she found that the 2004 vintage lacked the level of quality and vibrancy that her wines represent. She declassified her wines into five – so the Vosne Romanee includes Grand Cru (Richebourg, RSV), 1er cru (Brulees, Beaux Monts) and Villages (Genaivrières). Bourgogne includes Clos Vougeot and all the Leroy holdings in Cote de Beaune, from Grand Cru to Villages, etc.
I imagine you don’t buy this wine to drink but due to the uniqueness of the bottling.
There is no insanity in my mind ! Every thing is relative.
I believe it is something like this : Chinese Factor.
To open any Domaine Leroy - rouge (…regardless it is from 2004 …) around Chinese New Year days…in the year 2022 - is to give * face* to your friends ( who are your invited guesses.).
No. 4 is well known to be an unlucky number because 四 sounds similar to 死 (sǐ), which means “death” in Chinese. Did you know that if you press a Chinese elevator button to go to the 50th floor of a building, you may actually only be going to the 35th floor? This is because many buildings in China not only omit the 13th floor, but are also missing any floor containing the number 4, which is considered to be the unluckiest number in Chinese culture.
Someone just had to have it and had to bid more than the next bidder. Amazing what people pay for wine that is certainly not upper echelon. Think of how many cases of wine you could get for that price!