Update, 12/31: The Chronicle’s full news story is here.

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On Christmas Day, an unknown visitor allegedly broke into the French Laundry. But rather than just eat some cookies, the intruder — or intruders — made off with some of the four-star restaurant’s most expensive wines.

The restaurant — which closed for its long-awaited kitchen remodel on Saturday — released the below statement tonight. Thomas Keller tweeted out an abbreviated version as well.

On Christmas day, The French Laundry was the victim of a robbery. Specific wines of specific value were stolen (DRC & Screaming Eagle). We have complete trust in the authorities leading the investigation, and we welcome any information our community may have regarding the event. We are confident that if and when any of the stolen bottles appear in public, they will immediately raise questions and red flags among the wine knowledgeable. The French Laundry wine program is, as many of you know, singular and distinct. We look forward to rebuilding our cellar in the meantime and plan to get to the bottom of this disheartening act immediately. Please contact media@tkrg.com with any information.

No further details are available at this point, according to the restaurant. This post will be updated accordingly.

Also, the French Laundry would not confirm exactly which bottles were stolen, or how many. Screaming Eagle is a Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa; Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is an estate in Burgundy. For those curious about the general price point of the wines in question, here are the restaurant’s prices for bottles of those labels, from its online wine list:

Screaming Eagle 2002 $6500

Screaming Eagle 2010 $3500

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1988 $5750

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1998 $3950

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1999 $7950

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2007 $3250

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2008 $3500

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2009 $4500

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2010 $3950

This is the restaurant’s damaged door:

A photo posted by The French Laundry (@_tfl_) on Dec 12, 2014 at 6:06pm PST





Update, 12/30, 9:10 a.m.:

In total, 76 bottles have been reported missing. These are the bottles:

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Grands Echezeaux 2007 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Grands Echezeaux 2008 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Grands Echezeaux 2009 3

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Grands Echezeaux 2010 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2003 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2005 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2006 3

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2007 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2008 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2009 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee St. Vivant 2010 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 1988 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg Grand Cru 2002 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 2005 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 2006 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 2008 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 2009 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Richebourg 2010 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 1993 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 1996 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 1999 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tâche Grand Cru 2002 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2004 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2005 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2006 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2007 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2008 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2009 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la La Tache 2010 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2004 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2005 1

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Grand Cru 2006 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2007 3

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2008 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2009 2

Romanée-Conti Domaine de la Romanee Conti 2010 2

Mugnier Jacques-Frederic Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale 750 2005 2

Mugnier Jean-Jacques-Frédéric Nuits-St. Georges Clos de la Maréchale 750 2008 2

Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 1992 1

Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1995 1

Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1998 1

Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1999 1

Screaming Eagle Cabernet 2010 1

Moet & Chandon Champagne Brut Grand Cru Cuvée Dom Perignon 1500 2004 5

· Previously: The French Laundry readies for its remodel, temporary closure and more [Inside Scoop]