“I have been at Enoteca Pinchiorri since 1992. Together with Alessandro and Mr. Pinchiorri, I look after the Enoteca's cellar, more specifically of wine purchases and relations with the producers.

I remember my arrival at the Enoteca and my very first time in the cellar. There was the collection of large-format bottles of wine from the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in an isolated room in the cellar, arranged in a spectacular and imposing pyramid, for the pleasure of our customers when they visited the collection.

Mr. Pinchiorri had always wanted to get the waxes replaced on the bottles. So I contacted the Domaine to find out if they could do this. I contacted Monsieur de Villaine directly. He answered very kindly that for this extraordinary collection, he would make an exception to the rule and would receive us in Burgundy to carry out the waxing.

So we left for Burgundy in 2011. When we arrived at the Domaine, we entrusted the precious bottles to Jean-Charles Cuvelier. After a wonderful week in Burgundy visiting the great estates, we returned to the Domaine to collect the bottles. I remember that Mr Cuvelier on this occasion complimented us on the ‘extraordinary, unique’ collection. It is true that this collection is unique. In fact, I have learned that the Domaine no longer makes large-format bottles.
On our return to Florence with the bottles newly waxed, they were immediately returned to the cellar. I have also kept all correspondence with the estate, as well as the invoice for this re-waxing service.”