Bordeaux Roadkill: 18,000 Bottles of St.-Emilion Smashed • Bordeauxs wine routes flow with wine, this week literally. On Tuesday morning, a truck carrying 18,000 bottles from the cellars of St.-Emilion Grand Cru Classé Château La Dominique veered into a roundabout near the village, and missed the curve. Seconds later, the truck overturned, spilling its load of the 2011 vintage of Relais de la Dominique, the estate’s second wine. No other vehicles were involved. Luckily, the truck driver experienced only deep mortification. But a spokesperson for La Dominique told Unfiltered that the wine is a complete write-off: All 18,000 bottles suffered either breakage, damage or such a severe “shock” as to be unsellable. It was a total loss—a real catastrophe, Isabelle Auzely, communications manager for Vignobles Clement Fayat, told Unfiltered. The wine was en route to be labeled. But not everything has been a wash for La Dominique this summer. The new rooftop brasserie La Terrasse Rouge, opened in partnership with the Brasserie Bordelaise in April, is the trendy place to have lunch with its unparalleled view of Cheval-Blanc and Pomerol and a locally sourced menu. Not to mention the locally sourced wines, though therell be a little less 2011 Relais de la Dominique to go around. 😱😱🙈🙈🙉🙉🙊🙊
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:10:08 +0000
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