11th May, 2018 by Lauren Eads
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Three bottles of vin jaune (yellow wine) from the 1774 vintage in Jura, believed to be among the oldest bottles of wine in the world, will be auctioned later this month, and could fetch up the €40,000 each.
The 244-year old wine are being sold by the descendants of the 18th century winemaker Pierre Vercel, as reported by The Guardian. The three bottles, which are technically known as Vin Jaune d’Arbois as the “jaune” term was not in use when they were made, are the last of that vintage owned by the family.
It’s believed that Varcel himself, or perhaps family member Anatoile Vercel, according to auction house Christie’s, made wine in France’s Jura region during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI.
Vercel, who came from a….
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