If you have visited Paris after your backpacker
and shoestring budget days, you may have had the decadent pleasure of the food with a view provided by one of Paris'most famous restaurants, the 16th century eatery, Tour d'Argent, famed for dishing up more than a million ducks, If not, now is the time to plan to go, because the restaurant is putting some of its exceptional cellar up for auction in December.
The Agence France Press reports that rare vintages common mortals may have read about but never actually seen -- such as a Chateau Lafite Rothschild or a 200-year-old Fine Champagne -- go under the hammer 7 and 8 December, expected to fetch up to EUR 1 million.Bottles on sale were selected from 450,000 stocked in the cellars of the restaurant variously known as the "world's oldest" or "most famous", and undeniably blessed with one of the best locations in the universe, straddling the Seine overlooking Notre Dame cathedral.
The establishment dating back to 1582 is best known for pressed duck and served up its millionth in 2003.
Bought directly from vintners, none of the bottles have ever been on the market. Bordeaux wines include Chateau Latour (1975, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994), Chateau Lafite Rothschild (1970, 1982, 1997), Chateau Cheval Blanc (1928, 1949, 1966) and Chateau Margaux (1970, 1990).
Among Loire valley wines is a Vouvray Haut Lieu Huet (1919) while the Burgundy region includes a Puligny Montrachet Referts Sauzet (1992) and Vosne Romanée Jayer (1988).Profits from the oldest bottle, a Fine Champagne Clos du Griffier from 1788, will go to charity -- which have not been named yet.
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