10 Most Expensive Wines In World
Aside from attracting the majority of the world's enthusiasts, good wine has become one of the best-performing assets in the last 20 years. The most costly ones sell for thousands of dollars, and a bottle
Aside from attracting the majority of the world's enthusiasts, good wine has become one of the best-performing assets in the last 20 years. The most costly ones sell for thousands of dollars, and a bottle of them may often be worth more than a year's rent. If you're a wine connoisseur seeking the finest, we've compiled a list of the world's top ten most expensive wines in the world.
1945 Domaine De La Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti Grand Cru
An Asian buyer paid $558,000 for 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti Grand Cru at a Sotheby’s auction in New York in 2018. Jaws fell and eyes popped. However, the global record for the most money paid for a 750 ml bottle of Burgundy was also broken. Not only that, but it also became the world’s most expensive bottle of wine. After all, it’s a famed vineyard’s vintage unicorn wine. The 4.5-acre Romanée-Conti vineyard produces seven legendary red and white wines that represent the pinnacle of burgundy excellence. Plus, it was a scorcher of a year. As a result, the wines had a lot of concentration. Then there was the hail and ice, which limited productivity. There were just 600 bottles made.
2015 Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru
Domaine Leroy is a winery in the Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, that produces a variety of Pinot Noir wines from some of the world’s most famous vineyards.
With notes of raspberry, rose, cherry, and spice, the 2015 Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru is a very exceptional wine. This red wine has a complex flavor profile and satiny tannins.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992
Americans are known for getting the finest discounts. The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold was produced not in Italy or France, but in America specifically, Oakville, California. The wine has earned cult status as a result of its rarity and tiny production amounts. A bottle of “excellent” Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992 sold for an astonishing $500,000 at a charity auction in 2000. This wine is opaque purple in color and has been matured in 60% new oak. During bottling, it is left unfiltered and unfined. It has a scent of jammy blackcurrants with a tinge of wood.
1947 Cheval Blanc
The 1947 Château Cheval Blanc, which sold for $304,375 at Christie’s to an unidentified bidder, is widely regarded as the greatest Bordeaux ever produced. Chateau Cheval Blanc was given the super-exclusive Premier Grand Cru Classe (A) level in the Saint-Emilion wine classification in 2012, making it one of the world’s most exclusive wineries. It does, however, have a really amusing event to back up its stellar reputation. Because of the terrible weather in the year of its birth, it had to be made in very primitive settings with many technical defects, giving it a flavor that could never be duplicated
1869 Château Lafite
Following the French Revolution, Chateau Lafite became a public estate, which was then sold to many Dutch merchants, eventually falling into the hands of the Vanlerberghe family. The winery was bought by Baron James Mayer Rothschild in 1868, and the name was changed to Chateau Lafite Rothschild.
The 1869 vintage collection of wines arrived shortly after that previous purchase, and while a bottle was recently expected to be selling for roughly $8000, an Asian bidder paid a whopping $233,972 for one at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong, much to everyone’s surprise.
Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck
This wine variety has a fascinating backstory. This wine, which costs $2,75,000, was created for Russia’s last monarch, Nicholas II. A ship carrying 2,000 bottles of this wine was damaged and sunk in 1916. When the ship wreckage was located later in 1997, complete bottles of Heidsieck wine were discovered at freezing temperatures.
Ampoule From Penfolds
Each bottle of the latest version of Penfolds’ 2004 Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon costs $168,000, while a glass costs $850. Unlike most of the others on the list, these ampoules are entirely commercial releases from South Australia’s most famous vineyard, Penfolds. They don’t have a cork, screwcap, or any other form of closure. The wine tasting is an adventure in and of itself, as the ampoules, which come in a glass prism container and a wooden cabinet, can only be opened by breaking off the end. A senior winery staff member will accompany the buyer to their location to assist them. The Cabernet Sauvignon ampoules from Block 42 are the most costly wines available for purchase straight from the winery.
1811 Chateau D’yquem
Château d’Yquem, located in Sauternes, Gironde, France, is the top-ranked winery in the area, producing extraordinarily high-quality wine due to the site’s susceptibility to what experts refer to as “noble rot.”
A bottle from their 1811 collection was sold for $117,000 to Christian Vanneque, a private collector, at the Ritz in London in 2011, shattering the previous record of the most expensive bottle of white wine ever sold, which was established by the number five entry on this list.
Romanee Conti 1945
The renowned Romanee Conti grapes were killed by Phylloxera, a pest of commercial vineyards, just after World War II ended. Only 600 bottles were produced after the triumph and just before the breakout in 1946 before the vines were able to release wine again in 1952. While a bottle sells for an average of $7,600, the one once owned by DRC owner Aubert de Villaine and donated to Christie’s in Geneva, Switzerland, sold for 123,900 in 2007.
1775 Massandra
The 1775 Massandra is the oldest bottle ever found at the Massandra winery in Crimea, which has a lengthy winemaking legacy. It has been aged for well over 200 years, making it more of a collector’s edition than anything else.
The bottle in question was auctioned for $43,500 in 2001 at a Sotheby’s auction house in London. We suppose the buyer never had the ‘courage’ to open it because of its past.
Wine is one of the world’s most diversified alcoholic beverages, with a wide range of flavors and pricing ranges. While store-bought wine is wonderful, the wines on this list represent the peak of luxury. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on the world’s most costly wine. The wines at the top of this list are very uncommon and highly sought after by wine connoisseurs worldwide.
