Sergio Ramos raids fine wine cellar to watch Real Madrid game
The former Real Madrid defender went on a fine wine spree, opening bottles of Petrus, Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Château Latour and Dom Pérignon to drink while watching his old side play on television.
Footballer Sergio Ramos cracked open a 2015 Petrus and a 2012 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grands Echezeaux while watching Real Madrid play Rayo Vallecano on 1 February, according to a report by Spanish TV channel Telecinco.
“Treasures to share. Excellent food, lifelong friends, and a 2015 to remember,” Ramos posted on social media alongside photos of his evening.
The professional footballer accompanied the fine wines with Basque delicacy angulas (baby eels), which are considered to be an endangered species, leading many Spanish chefs to avoid using them as an ingredient. According to one source, vendors can fetch up to €1000 per kilogram of the eels, meaning no expense was spared for the game viewing.
Popping the cork
However, Ramos’s line-up didn’t end there. In addition to the Petrus and DRC, the former centre back for Spain’s national team also imbibed a bottle of Bordeaux First Growth Château Latour, and popped the cork on a Dom Pérignon Champagne.
“In total, that dinner to watch a football match with friends cost Sergio Ramos more than €15,000,” reported Telecinco. “Undoubtedly, a dinner beyond the reach of most people.”
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As db has previously reported, Pomerol fine wine producer Petrus has long been a favourite among the footballing elite. Indeed, former Brazil player Ronaldo revealed how he was horrified when his team mate Vampeta downed a bottle of £8,000 Petrus that was only intended “for display”.
“I brought it home more for its symbolic value, being the most famous wine in the world. I had no intention of opening it,” Ronaldo said.
High demand
Only around 30,000 bottles of Petrus are produced each year from 11ha of vineyard, and it is consistently ranked by Liv-ex as a top-performing, high-value, and powerful wine brand, frequently appearing in the top five of the annual Power 100 list. That said, in the latest Power 100 list, Petrus came in much lower down in 34th position. As of late 2025, the average price of Petrus was around £31,124 for a 12-bottle case, according to Liv-ex.
Bottles are in such high demand that it leaves the prestigious wine open to counterfeiting and theft. In fact, Petrus was one of the brands involved in a large-scale wine theft operation carried out by the so-called “gang des grands crus,”, which was accused of stealing and trafficking thousands of bottles of fine wine from Bordeaux and Burgundy between 2019 and 2020. The principal suspect, a 34-year-old man from Gironde, is alleged to have orchestrated the theft of more than 4,000 bottles of fine wine produced by Château d’Yquem, Lafite Rothschild, Angélus, Château Margaux and Cheval Blanc, as well as Petrus.
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