TRIBECA — One of the world’s priciest wines was stolen from the shelf of a TriBeCa wine shop last week, police said.
The $3,500 1982 Petrus, a French wine from the Bordeaux region, was swiped from Tribeca Wine Merchants on Dec. 20 at about 6 p.m., police said.
The thief took the wine, hid it under his jacket and walked out of the 40 Hudson St. store, police said.
The store’s manager declined to comment.
Marco Pasanella, the owner of South Street Seaport wine shop Pasanella and Son Vinters, said the 1982 Petrus is considered “the benchmark for all wines.”
Only a handful of wine stores carry the bottle, he said. Otherwise, the Petrus is sold at auction. This month, a 12-bottle case sold at a Sotheby’s London wine auction for $59,050.
“It seems like that kind of theft is not random,” Pasanella said. “It’s like going into a jewelry shop and picking out the Hope Diamond.”
