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Rebouchage en 2005 (Rebottled in 2005)

500 bottles of the world's largest collection of 1961 Chateau Palmer Bordeaux were just recorked over the past 3 days in Macau -- amazingly, only 1.5% of them had oxidized ("corked"):

The procedure is being carried out to ensure the corks, which deteriorate after around 40 years, do not contaminate the wine, which at auction fetches up to 2,000 US dollars a bottle.

Although described as a "painstaking" effort, there seem to be some perks that go with the job:

Each bottle's contents had to be tasted to ensure the wine had not oxydised or corked, souring the smooth wine.

Yahoo News has the whole story. A votre sante!

Tags: bordeaux, red wine, chateau palmer

May 27, 2005 in Wine news | Permalink

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