Leon Panetta Toasts Osama bin Laden's Death With £6,000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild -- The Telegraph
Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, was finally able to taste the fruits of his promised reward for getting Osama bin Laden, by sampling a rare $10,000 (£6,300) bottle of 1870 Chateau Lafite Rothschild – from a shot glass.
During a Panetta dinner party in early November, California restaurateur Ted Balestreri made good on his promise to open a rare, $10,000 bottle of 1870 Chateau Lafite Rothschild in honour of the successful raid that killed bin Laden in Pakistan.
Last year at Mr Balestreri's annual New Year's Eve party, he told Panetta he would uncork the bottle "if Leon catches Osama bin Laden."
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My Comment: If it was up to me, I would have used a different occasion to open such a bottle. But having said that .... there is no reporting on how it tasted.