Inside One of the World’s Greatest Hotel Wine Cellars | The Connaught with Lucas Reynaud-Paligot

Описание: For Episode 3 of The Back Label Series, we go behind the scenes at The Connaught, home to one of the most important hotel wine collections in the world.

Guided by Head of Wine, Lucas Reynaud-Paligot, we tour the cellar in depth - not just the cult classics but how a world-class collection is actually built, organised, and maintained.

In this episode, we explore:

00:00 Entering the cellar
00:50 Bordeaux – 200 bottles of Pétrus
07:32 Romanée-Conti by the glass & oldest bottles
11:24 Burgundy & cellar management
14:26 Roumier, Premier Cru vs Grand Cru debate
17:23 Underrated gems & New World favourites
18:38 Syrah vs Shiraz & Harlan Estate
22:22 Most expensive bottles (£40–50k)
25:23 Champagne section
30:13 Collecting & investing in wine
34:28 DRC wall & Hermitage
37:25 1985 Sassicaia
38:14 Total value of the collection

This isn’t about excess - it’s about precision, provenance, and long-term thinking.
How decisions are made, how wines are tracked, and how a cellar of this scale remains coherent, relevant, and alive.

Filmed on location at The Connaught, London.

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