Last Tuesday an unusual robbery took place that affected the popular Atrio restaurant from Cáceres, an establishment that has two Michelin stars and three Repsol suns. The attackers’ target was the extraordinary winery of this famous place. Specifically, they were 45 bottles of high value wine were stolen from the market.
Among the stolen bottles are 38 by Romanée Conti and a unique jewel, a Chateau d´Yquem from 1806 which is considered “historical” and which had a price in the cartto the restaurant of 150,000 euros, as detailed The country.
“That bottle was part of my personal history, almost part of me, of the history of Atrio, but also of Cáceres, of its citizens, of all lovers of the world of wine; she is the bottle, impossible to substitute for what effort, sacrifice and love for a profession and wine have entailed. 215 years of Spanish history, of wars, of times of peace and of the construction of a united Europe ”, explained José Polo, who directs Atrio together with chef Toño Pérez.
“They can hardly be sold on the market”
“I would not sell it for a million euros”Polo added to the EFE agency. Those responsible for the restaurant in Cáceres admit to being devastated by an event that took place around 1:30 in the morning. According to the co-owner, the Responsible for the theft are a man and a woman who requested to stay at the hotel that has the restaurant.
These two people would have achieved enter the cellar of this establishment, one of the most important in Spain, with more than 40,000 bottles, and get a loot considered unique. However, José Polo assures in The country that these bottles of wine “can hardly be sold on the market. Those of Romanée Conti, for example, are numbered “.
However, they suspect that it could have been an action carried out by “commission”, as he explained to this same source, who pointed out that the thieves were clear about their objective, since in addition to going in search of the Chateau d´Yquem from 1806, “they have gone for what this winery had the most value: the Romanée Conti, which there are 3,500 bottles per year; there’s no more. It is an arduous task to have those bottles in our cellar ”.
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