I actually think this is kind of neat. It’s about owning a piece of history, a history of a type very important to this guy. As long as it is his own money, I’m cool with it.
Now, that said, if I had an extra 100 grand lying around, I’d buy a big bottle of Wild Turkey and put the other 99.995K to work for me in the market*
*The Wild Turkey to be purchased immediately, the market investment maybe held off until the current administration if out of office.
BTW, if wikipedia can be believed (never a sure thing), the wine is probably a Sauterne. And, apparently a bottle of 1811 opened in 1996 was considered excellent by the tasters. So the guy in the story may well have a drinkable wine on his hands (if he ever chooses to do so).