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DRC Breaks World Auction Record - Bottle of 1945 Burgundy sells for 558.000 USD to become world’s most expensive wine
On the Saturday, October 13 – the most expensive bottle of Burgundy was sold at the Sotheby’s auction in New York.
The legendary bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti was sold for 558.000 USD. A legendary bottle with a unique provenance – and one more was sold at 496.000 USD making it the second most expensive wine ever sold.
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“As if, in this square of earth, the gods had bequeathed us a memory of the fascinating vestige of a timeless perfection.” — Richard Olney. The wine of Prince de Conti, she is velvet, seduction and mystery. It is the most Proustian of all great wines.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is without question the most famous estate in Burgundy and arguably the greatest, producing some of the best wines in the world. It is probably one of the mos...
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1945 Romanée-Conti (Côte de Nuits) /This was the last of Romanée-Conti´s vintage of ungrafted wines. The original roots of the Romanée-Conti vineyard go as far back as 1585, and since carbon disulfide was unavailable during the war years the vines declined. It was under Henri Leroy´s impulsion that the vines of Romanée-Conti were torn up in 1945 and then replanted in 1947.
According to its archives, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti produced just...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2020 | 2018 | 2014 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 700€ -8.5% | 109 000€ +15.4% | 94 484€ +90.3% | 49 655€ +72.6% | 28 766€ +33.2% | 21 600€ +156.2% | 8 432€ +122.6% | 3 788€ +61.6% | 2 344€ |
This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.