Wine is one of the oldest drinks, and the history of its manufacture dates back to the Neolithic era. Since then, quality and packaging have changed dramatically. Have you ever been interested in the price of exclusive bottles of wine, or simply, what is the most expensive wine drink in the history of winemaking? It's time to find out, and in our review the most expensive wine on the planet.
Top 15 most expensive bottles of wine in the world:
15
Chateau Lafite 1865. $ 27,000
The heady fragrance “Chateau Lafite” of the 1865 crop opens our list. An entrepreneur from the state of Florida sold the entire batch of his exclusive collection for $ 111,625. It turned out, one instance was estimated at 27 thousand. The auction was closed and held by phone. For this reason, the buyer of a valuable and expensive lot could not be identified. Journalists only managed to find out that he was a collector from Europe.
Since the auction, bottles of fine wine with the heady aroma of the 1865 harvest have never surfaced at exhibitions.
14
Romanee-Conti 1945. $ 28 112
Eight bottles of the drink made from the best Domaine de la Romanee-Conti vineyards were valued at $ 224,900.
It is easy to calculate that one bottle of an exclusive drink costs a little more than 28 thousand US dollars. For preparation, three selected Pinot Noir grapes were taken. The high price of the drink is affected by a complex technological process, as well as the special secret of winemakers.
Exclusive white wine is especially appreciated among connoisseurs of expensive drinks and collectors who prey on the small remaining batch of the victorious 1945.
13
Royal De Maria. $ 30,000
An exquisite drink from a series of ice wines. It is prepared from berries that are harvested after the first frost. Grapes collected after a light frost, one of the main secrets that give the drink a unique taste and aroma.
Such a unique, with its own secret, the process of preparation raised the price of bottles of this brand. Collectors of the world are ready to pay 30 thousand dollars per copy. Such facts are recorded in history.
Royal De Maria has an enchanting aroma, and one sip leaves a magnificent aftertaste. Especially appreciated by women, as they are great for any kind of dessert.
12
Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1951. $ 38 420
Wine from distant Australia is also on the list of expensive grape drinks. The high price is due to its rarity.
Today in the world there are no more than 20 bottles left from the distant shores of the green continent. Collectors are ready to pay a lot of money for a copy, and at one auction they recorded a purchase of $ 38,420.
A resident of Adelaide, who became the owner of the coveted artifact, was not stingy to pay such an amount.
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Château Mouton-Rothschild. $ 47,000
At the prestigious Sotheby’s auction in New York, a whole batch of this collectible was sold under the hammer. One of the bottles, with a volume of 0.75 liters, cost one of the collectors $ 47,000.
The buyer wished to remain anonymous. French Bordeaux wine has become a real highlight of the collection. These wines are distinguished by a special heady aroma and a soft finish.
This type is made according to old recipes using classic technologies. These two factors significantly increase the price of a drink.
10
Massandra Sherry de la Frontera 1775. £ 25,000 ($ 43,500)
The most expensive sherry costs $ 43,500, being not only expensive, but also the oldest Russian-made brand.
Massandra Sherry 1775 in 2001 became the oldest wine ever exhibited at Sotheby's. An exclusive copy from the Massandra winery in the Crimea. This plant is known for its large collection, which collected more than a million vintage wines.
The high price of the Massandra drink is due to age. As well as grape varieties harvested from the sunny slopes of the Crimean mountains.
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Chateau d’Yquem 1787. £ 65,000 ($ 100,000)
This is the most expensive drink in a chic row of white collection wines. Interestingly, white varieties are less popular in the world than red varieties.
But there is a rare bottle from 1787 named “Chateau d’Yquem” that has gone down in history. In 2006, an avid collector from the United States Julian Le Cray acquired it at auction for $ 100 thousand.
The bottle has become a real gem of his unique wine collection.
The collector learned to make money on a unique wine artifact by exhibiting a bottle for money at exhibitions.
8
Jeroboam of Château Mouton-Rothschild 1945. £ 67,000 ($ 114,614)
Specialists and winemakers unanimously recognize this wine as one of the best. In addition, as time has shown, the beverage aged 1945 was included in the list of expensive wine drinks from the last century.
The 1945 vintage label is known for its “V” marking, which symbolized the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition in World War II. In 2007, for a non-standard bottle of wine with a capacity of 750 ml laid out as much as $ 114,614.
I purchased an exclusive copy of an anonymous fan of exclusive drinks at the prestigious Christie’’s auction.
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Chateau d’Yquem 1811. £ 70,000 ($ 117,000)
A bottle of Chateau d ’Yquem from the Napoleonic Wars period was bought by Christian Vaneke. For the artifact, which for more than 200 years, the collector did not spare 117 thousand US dollars. It happened in 2011, when Christian Vaneke bought wine and broke a record for the price. It turned out that no one had bought white wine at that price.
Christian Vaneke bought wine from The Antique Wine Company and stated that he intended to show the bottle to everyone at his Sip Sunset Grill restaurant in Bali. But there was one condition. An exclusive exhibit was displayed behind bulletproof glass. In the world today there are only a dozen bottles of vintage wine far from us in 1811.
This fact proves that this unique white wine deserves to be displayed behind bulletproof glass.
6
Chateau Lafite 1787. £ 92,000 ($ 156,450)
Among all standard bottles, it is the most expensive in history. Known as the Vinegar of the Billionaire, it was owned by President Thomas Jefferson. The price of wine increased significantly when they found the stamp “Th J” on the bottle.
However, the authenticity of the presidential autograph became a subject of speculation, and experts disagreed on this issue. The authenticity of the exhibit of the Jefferson collection is still the subject of heated debate. It was believed that he acquired a bottle of wine while serving as ambassador to France. The future US leader then often traveled to the city of Bordeaux and the province of Burgundy in search of exclusive drinks for their wine cellars overseas.
A bottle of mystery was once bought by a publisher by profession, but a collector at heart, Malcolm Forbes. Mysterious wine tells us the story of the bottle and the unceasing debate about its authenticity.
5
Château Margaux 1787. £ 133,000 ($ 225,000)
Meet the drink at number five "Chateau Margot." Expensive wine that has never been sold in its entire history. This is another bottle that adorned the collection of alcoholic beverages by US President Thomas Jefferson. But this bottle was never sold.
Try the taste of "Chateau Margot" also failed. Now the owner of the bottle is New York merchant William Sokolin. He estimated his valuable artifact at 500 thousand dollars. When the owner of the unique bottle took it with him to dinner at the Four Seasons hotel restaurant, the waiter accidentally broke it into thousands of small pieces.
Insurers paid only half the price that the owner originally requested.
4
Chateau Lafite 1869. £ 136,000 ($ 230,000)
Three bottles of Chateau Lafite, originally from 1869, were sold for a record amount. For each collector, he paid $ 230,000 for each.
All three were bought by one and one person at the Sotheby’’s auction in Hong Kong. At that auction put up more than 2,000 bottles of Lafite.
The oldest bottles of 1869, according to experts, are sold for 60,000 Hong Kong dollars each. This is 4,599 pounds, putting these bottles in the category of the most expensive in history.
3
Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck. £ 163,000 ($ 275,000)
In 1998, more than 2 thousand bottles of this champagne were lifted from a sunken ship. They drove him to the court of the Russian Emperor Nicholas II. The ship torpedoed a German submarine during the naval battles of the First World War. The Swedish ship for the delivery of wine and champagne “Heidsieck” immediately sank. It happened in 1916.
The cargo lay at the bottom of the sea, and was lifted off the coast of Finland. Since then, bottles have been sold at various auctions in cities around the world for a record price. Each bottle intended for the emperor of Russia was sold for 275 thousand dollars.
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1947 French Cheval-Blanc. £ 192,000 ($ 304,375)
This merlot has long been on the list of the best wines. Expensive wine was among the two drinks that received the status of premium class "A" in the international classification of Saint-Emilion. At the Vinfolio auction in 2006. At the event, held in San Francisco, the lot price reached 135 thousand 125 dollars.
There was another case when a bottle of the Cheval Blanc brand went under the hammer for 192 thousand pounds in November 2010. A world record was set for the purchase of the most expensive single bottle ever put up for auction.
But the records did not end there. The only Imperial-format bottle from a particular Saint-Emilion brand was bought by a private collector anonymously participating in Christie’s. For an exclusive auction lot in Geneva, the collector laid out 200 thousand dollars.
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Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992. £ 297,000 ($ 500,000)
At the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Screaming Eagle Caberne was sold at an all-time high price since the first crop of 1992. From that moment on, she deservedly bears the title of the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold at international auctions.
She went under the hammer of a steward at a charity wine auction in Napa for an impressive $ 500,000. Half a million is strong! According to media reports, it was acquired by former executive director of Cisco Systems, an avid collector of Chase Bailey.
The history of this wine begins in 1992, and a few years later the Californian drink was among the best in quality, taste and heady aroma.
Finally
Specialists and well-known winemakers say that the high price of exclusive wines is justified. A charming bouquet, heady aftertaste and delicate aroma can conquer even one drop. But such expensive bottles filled with a unique drink are not uncorked, pleasing to the eye and warming the souls of its owners.
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