Bordeaux 2012 En Primeur Chateau D'Yquem Sauternes
Bordeaux 2012 En Primeur Chateau D'Yquem Sauternes
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Chateau d’Yquem in Sauternes last night had 380 half-bottles of wine worth €125,000 stolen from the chateau cellars.

Chateau d’Yquem

The alarm system sounded, but by the time the police arrived, the thieves had gone, and 380 half bottles of the 2010 vintage (worth around €330 per bottle, or €125,400) had been taken.

The police in the local town of Langon are investigating the theft, a spokesperson confirmed to Decanter.com.

Chateau d’Yquem also confirmed the theft.

Yquem has made no 2012 vintage of its wine, and held back its 2011 from en primeur until putting in on the market earlier this year, being sold for the first time at a Paris auction in February.

The winning bidder of the first lot received a lunch at the chateau along with the wine.

Written by Jane Anson in Bordeaux

Jane Anson
Jane Anson

Jane Anson was Decanter’s Bordeaux correspondent until 2021 and has lived in the region since 2003. She writes a monthly wine column for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, and is the author of Bordeaux Legends: The 1855 First Growth Wines (also published in French as Elixirs). In addition, she has contributed to the Michelin guide to the Wine Regions of France and was the Bordeaux and Southwest France author of The Wine Opus and 1000 Great Wines That Won’t Cost a Fortune. An accredited wine teacher at the Bordeaux École du Vin, Anson holds a masters in publishing from University College London, and a tasting diploma from the Bordeaux faculty of oenology.

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