Orient Express, Château Yquem and Pétrus: Jay-Z’s luxurious birthday in Bordeaux

The rumor concerning the arrival of Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards is intensifying. It began on Monday, December 4, around 12:40 p.m., when an unusual train arrived at Bordeaux Saint-Jean station. This is the Venice Simplon Orient Express, the luxury train belonging to the LVMH group. Surprised, some passers-by immortalized this moment before sharing it on social networks. At this point, no one imagined who its occupants were.

These are several photographs, published in the evening on social networks, which will fuel the rumors in the corridors. Around 6 p.m., Lenny Santiago, vice-president of the Roc Nation label (Jay-Z's label), posts a photograph of the American rapper on Instagram. Earlier in the day, he had already supplied his social network with several photographs of what appeared to be a birthday party at the Château d'Yquem, also owned by the LVMH group. On one of them, Lenny Santiago shows two bottles from the estate, dating from 1969 and 1973. In description, he adds: “73’ for JB” and “69’ for SC”. These initials obviously correspond to those of Jay Brown (producer) and Shawn Corey (Jay-Z).

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According to the latest information from the Sud Ouest newspaper, Jay Brown would have privatized the Sources de Caudalie hotel for several days to celebrate his birthday with Jay-Z, who celebrated his 54th birthday on Monday December 4. “Global stars” were present, Alice Tourbier, owner of the hotel, told them. More than a hundred guests would have made the trip, including Rihanna, Beyoncé and Ellen Pompeo. It was during this weekend that the procession of stars would have taken the Orient Express to visit several Bordeaux estates.

“The train first stopped in Bordeaux to make a maneuver. It then joined the Marmande and Lagon stations,” explains the SNCF communications department. “I just know that he was transporting LVMH executives” continues the interlocutor. Although there is no certainty about the presence of the star couple on board, the rumor that the passage of the train was not planned has been ruled out. “We cannot run a train without requesting a train path (traffic authorization slot). The SNCF was aware of the passage of this train,” she assures. The train with several restaurants and luxurious suites left Monday evening around 6 p.m. He was seen at Libourne station by our colleagues from the newspaper Le Résistant.