1995 Dom Perignon Methuselah in white gold - how much?
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If the bling is the thing this holiday season, check out this Methuselah (6 liters, or the equivalent of eight regular bottles) of Dom Perignon champagne on display in a midtown Manhattan wine store. The elegant photo and lighting is thanks to my cameraphone.
Care to guess the price? I imagine the glass case is included. Be the first to guess correctly and you will win…OK, not the bottle. Just our respect and admiration this time–or maybe an hour in Mark’s Petrus cage?
FYI check here for a baseline price on the regular bottle, sans white gold.
UPDATE 12/1: When is a Methuselah not a Methuselah? When it is a Jerobaum!
Tom Stephenson wrote in saying that he erroneously told me that the bottle that I saw in Crush Wine & Spirits, the store where he is general manager, is a Methuselah. In fact, it is a mere Jerobaum! (3L, or 4 regular sized bottles) But the price remained the same: $17,000!!!
Those of you who checked the price of the regular sized bottle saw that it was about $200 for a regular 99 Dom. So we’re talking $800 worth of bubbly for $17k — more than 21x premium! Bling-tastic! With gold at $800/ounce, I’d take four regular bottles with a side of 20 one-ounce gold coins, in case anyone was feeling generous.
Props to commenter Chris C for working this into a food-pairing post! And commenter Chaz below for being the closest to the actual retail price without going over!
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On November 29th, 2007 at 11:14 am ,Lyle Fass wrote:
Too much.
On November 29th, 2007 at 2:21 pm ,Barb Willett wrote:
$28 Grand or whatever someone with deeper pockets than I is willing to pay…are rappers attending the auction?!@# Long live the Bling!
On November 29th, 2007 at 2:50 pm ,Weston wrote:
Imagine dropping it after you bought it doh!
On November 29th, 2007 at 4:49 pm ,Paul Arthur wrote:
I’m guessing $40,000. It’s a nice round number.
On November 29th, 2007 at 6:04 pm ,john witherspoon wrote:
I would say $23,000.
On November 29th, 2007 at 6:08 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Weston - funny–or what if it were corked!
John Witherspoon is the closest so far!
On November 30th, 2007 at 12:16 am ,Chaz wrote:
$16,500
On December 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 pm ,Kate wrote:
I’m guessing $20,000.
On December 10th, 2007 at 3:04 pm ,Chris McCorkle wrote:
From the post on GoodwithPepper.com… I would estimate $24k
On December 18th, 2007 at 10:25 am ,Dr Vino’s wine blog » Blog Archive » Bling update: $200k Hennessey Cognac, $50k whisky, $10k Dom wrote:
[...] to say that Sherry Lehmann has a Methuselah (6L) of Dom Perignon 1995 for $9,999 instead of the previously discussed jerobaum (3L) for $17,000 at Crush . Only drawback: it doesn’t have the white gold bling since [...]
On December 23rd, 2007 at 10:38 pm ,Purple Teeth wrote:
True they only made this in 3L. It comes with it’s own plexiglass case (shown above) and gloves to hadle it with so you don’t ruin the White Gold. There were 150 made and 15 imported into the US. With the Euro killing the price of Gold maybe this is a good investment?
On January 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm ,ty wrote:
White gold? this trashes the name of Moet. Champagne should be poured from glass! But it is neat nonetheless…
On December 1st, 2008 at 9:58 pm ,The bling of Christmas past: Beaute du Siecle Coganc | Dr Vino's wine blog wrote:
[...] holiday season, I had a brief encounter with the bling of Christmas past. No, it wasn’t the $10k white gold Dom Pérignon jerobaum we brought you (photographically, at least) last [...]