A $10,000-a-bottle wine known for its complexity, silky, ripe tannins and flavors of black cherry, cigar box and leather into a scientific novelty was.
For Sale: A $1 Million Bottle of Bordeaux Aged in Space
After 14 months on the ISS, the vintage Petrus could be yours.
For Sale: A $1 Million Bottle of Bordeaux Aged in Space
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What goes up must come down. The same applies for the dozen bottles of red wine blasted into space in November of 2019, which splash-landed in the Atlantic earlier this year. They’ve dried off, cleaned up, and now one bottle is being sold by the auction house Christie’s. After aging for 14 months aboard the International Space Station, a bottle of space-aged Merlot can now be yours. Christie’s expects a selling price of an astronomical $1 million.
Space-Aged Wine Bottle Could Get $1 Million
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For 14 months, a French wine aged in space. Now, it has returned to Earth to be sold.
A single bottle from a case of space-aged Bordeaux is being put up for sale by the
auction house Christie’s. It may cost up to $1 million.
The wine is a 2000 vintage Petrus. It is considered a world-class red wine made from Merlot
grapes in the Pomerol region of Bordeaux. The sale was announced Tuesday in London.
Tim Triptree works for Christie’s wine and spirits division. He said the bottle adds to a “greater understanding of the
Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021
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A bottle of Petrus 2000 red wine, which spent 14 months maturing in space, is up for sale and could fetch around $1 million, according to Christie s.
The unprecedented offering of the world-class red produced from Merlot grapes in the Pomerol wine-growing region of Bordeaux, was announced in London on Tuesday.
The bottle was one of 12 bottles of the wine sent to the International Space Station (ISS), where it aged in a carefully monitored and controlled environment as part of an experiment carried out by start-up Space Cargo Unlimited.