Les héros du jour - 07/04/26 à 6h50

The discussion on RFM today focuses on a bottle of wine as a "hero." The topic is the budget one might allocate to a very good bottle of wine. While some, like Lucas, don't know or might spend their fortune, Philippe Lelouch, who doesn't drink, would consider spending up to 30 euros for good friends, deeming it a good bottle. However, this pales in comparison to a recent sale by Acker, a house specializing in prestige sales. At an auction in New York, a normal 75 cl bottle of Romanée-Conti 1945 was sold for $812,000, equivalent to approximately €703,000. This astronomical sum was paid for what many consider the greatest wine people will never taste. The 1945 vintage is particularly significant as it was the last before the replantation of the vines in 1947 following an epidemic, making it a very rare and exceptional wine. The speaker concludes that such a wine would be wasted on those who cannot appreciate it.