250-year-old French wine sells for 103,700 euros
A bottle of wine made in 1774 sold for 103,700 euros (122,000 dollars) at auction in France on Saturday, local media reported. The bottle of Vin Jaune (yellow wine) from the Jura region was made by winemaker Anatoile Vercel when King Louis XVI was on the throne, according to news agency AFP. It was sold alongside two other bottles made in the same year, which fetched 76,250 euros and 73,200 euros.
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"I never thought the bottles would sell for so much," AFP quoted Lons-le-Saunier auctioneer Brigitte Fenaux as saying. "The last record, in 2011, was for 57,000 euros." The buyers were Canadians and somebody bidding on behalf of some Americans, she said. The bottles had been kept in a cellar by Vercel's descendants and taken out for the auction on Tuesday. A tasting of the same Vin Jaune was organized in 1994 by 24 experts, who rated it a 9.4 out of 10 and said it tasted of "nuts, spices, curry, cinnamon, vanilla and dried fruits." (dpa)
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