Penfolds Unveils Most Expensive Wine in the World

WINE TALK
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$168,000 a bottle. Only 12 bottles for sale. Who is in?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/penfolds-unveils-most-expensive-wine-in-the-world-with-a-unique-closure-2012-06-28

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Case discount?

Described as “one of the world’s rarest, most sought-after wines.” I can believe the first, but the last seems to be a wee bit of a stretch.

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Free shipping with a 3 pack?

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lol - hopefully they don’t use Wine Country Shipping, or it’s another $125 per bottle.

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Todd Anderson, are you paying attention?

And, no pictures of the Ampoules? Waaaaahhhhh!!!

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Yao Ming will overtake this the next time Napa has a “vintage of the century.”

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$168,000 bottle of wine? Not even DRC.

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Yikes! Well, at least Bryan Flannery got a good shout out nationally from it. Good for him!!

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But…syrup with cab???

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Oh no, I hope there’s not a run on Flannery now…good for Bryan.

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grouphug

Will you bring it to the next off line ?

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The '04 Block 42 Cabernet is actually a very good wine.

Stupid marketing exercise though…

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Russian oligarchs will buy it. Or someone similar. I guess it Australia it could be a BHP or other mining executive. There are plenty of people where 168k is nothing. They have to spend their money on something.

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Mikhail Prokerov came to mind when I saw this :wink:

Did you see how they open this? I thought that wast he best part.

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Thanks, Neal - that is…striking!

I don’t see any headspace whatsoever (even on the high-def pic on the wired site - just a few bubbles), so how is the wine going to evolve encapsulated in the ampoule?

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Parker score??

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Well, I guess that is one way to fake-proof your wine. [snort.gif]