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La Crème and
La Cure, from Dior’s
L’Or de Vie line
Credit: Dan Matthews
Pierre Lurton knows a thing or two about the subtle art of ageing. As managing director of Bordeaux s fabled Château d Yquem winery, he oversees a vineyard that produces wine from grapes left to mature on the vine (long after other wineries have harvested their crops) and develop an ash-grey mould.
Led by the elements, Lurton and technical director Francis Mayeur then choose the precise moment to harvest the grapes - individually, by hand. The semi-rotten flesh thus produces an amber liquid so renowned for its complex sweetness that bottles regularly fetch upwards of £300, rising to tens of thousands for certain vintages.