A 127-year-old Burgundy legend uncorked: 1899 Romanee-Conti opened by a collector

Singaporean wine investor Soo Hoo Khoon Peng uncorked the 1899 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti bottle, a 127-year journey from vineyard to cellar to glass, at Auprés du Clocher in Burgundy. Its provenance traces to the de Brou de Laurière family, and experts estimate the bottle at about €100,000. The ungrafted-vine wine survived wars through meticulous cellaring, yielding an amber hue and notes of dried flowers, tea and preserved plum. Soo Hoo called the moment one of learning and human connection, not a display of wealth, with Aubert de Villaine in attendance.