A bottle of 1811 Chateau d'Yquem was sold to a French wine collector yesterday for £75,000 pounds which set a record for a retail sale of fine white wine. You may think, how could a bottle of wine be worth that much? Well if it is still drinkable after 200 years, and it probably will be, then it will be worth it. Chateau d'Yquem is renowned for its longevity and longevity is one of the true measures of a fine wine. It will be interesting to see if some of the new pretenders on the investment wine market can last that long. I hope the buyer gets around to tasting his wine rather than holding it as a long term investment; wine can only really give pleasure when it is drunk with family or friends.
For people that cannot afford to pay so much for their sweet white wine, I recommend buying a really good bottle of Monbazillac of recent vintage and keeping it in an undisturbed cool dark place for about 8 years to 10 years. This "poor man's Sauternes" will not disappoint you, it is really great wine which improves in the bottle. My recommendation is wine from the Chateau Monbazillac itself. Better still buy half a case. Drink it with foie gras, dessert or blue cheeses.
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