Holidaymakers treat themselves to €120,000 sangria made with Petrus

In Cannes, holidaymakers treated themselves to a €120,000 sangria made with Petrus. Images showing the bottles of wine being poured into a bowl filled with ice cubes and oranges have sparked widespread reactions.

It’s the most expensive sangria in the world. In a restaurant in Cannes, holidaymakers paid the outrageous sum of 120,000 euros to treat themselves to a few glasses of sangria.

The reason: several bottles of Petrus were emptied into a salad bowl, filled with ice cubes and orange, to make this drink. The mixture used for this sangria required about thirty bottles of 2006 and 2011 vintages, sold respectively for 3,800 and 3,200 euros each.

“Putting Petrus in a sangria is like lighting a fire with a Picasso or a Van Gogh… It works, but that’s not at all its vocation,” compares Philippe Faure-Brac, head sommelier who won the title of “best sommelier in the world.”

A “gastronomic” wine and not a festive one

The image was posted on social media a few weeks ago before being deleted. But some Internet users recovered the video and shared it. Since then, the video has generated many reactions.

“The height of stupidity and disrespect,” protests one Internet user. “I hesitate between stupidity and vulgarity… bling-bling in all its abysmal poverty,” judges another Internet user.

The head sommelier explains on BFMTV that Château Petrus wine usually has a “gastronomic” vocation. “Tasting it in a festive way, why not. Putting it in a sangria with ingredients that complement it, it can’t be bad, but that’s not really its vocation,” says Philippe Faure-Brac.

The establishment concerned did not wish to answer our questions, preferring to “remain discreet” after this episode.