WineMasters Legends

The most expensive wine in the world. And the man who went to court for it.

Loïc Pasquet broke Bordeaux’s rules to make wine the way it was made in Napoleon’s day. He was sentenced for it. Today his Liber Pater sells for $30,000 a bottle.

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52Minute documentary
$30,000Per bottle
1Rebel winemaker
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The series

Stories from the extremes of wine.

WineMasters Legends is a cinematic series about the most extraordinary, and sometimes controversial, stories in the world of wine: the people who go further than anyone else, whatever it costs them.

The first film follows Loïc Pasquet, the Bordeaux winemaker who was prosecuted for failing to comply with the region’s agricultural rules. According to Loïc, the modern taste of Bordeaux will soon be dead. Watch and decide for yourself.

Documentary · 52 min

Liber Pater

The Most Expensive Wine in the World

Liber Pater, the most expensive wine in the world: meet Loïc Pasquet, who makes Bordeaux the way it was made in Napoleon's day.

Taste it

WineMasters Class Grand Cru

Want to know how it actually tastes?

In the Graves & Pessac-Léognan episode of Grand Cru, Susie Barrie MW and Andreas Larsson taste Liber Pater 2011 and Liber Pater Denarus 2019.

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