Gérard Perse, owner of Ch Pavie, has suffered the most terrible and senseless damage at his Côtes de Castillon property Clos l’Eglise (nothing to do with the Pomerol of the same name). According to Sud Ouest, the local newspaper, the police have already established that a 31 year-old ex-employee, Radouane Ladhili, was responsible. He entered the property last Monday night, knew where the keys were kept so easily got into the chai, opened all the tanks containing the 2004 vintage so that every drop flowed away into the drainage system. After putting the keys back, he then set fire...
12 Nov 2004