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Wait until you read this article if you enjoy wine and believe that wine prices are already high enough. The idiom "aged like excellent wine" is well-known and accurately describes what it means. The wine tastes better as it ages. What would the cost of the most expensive wine in the world be, if you were to guess? Continue reading to find out how accurate your guess was. Speaking of pricey wines, these vintage wine bottles are some of the most expensive ones available today.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti Grand Cru
2018 saw the sale of the priciest bottle of wine ever. The wine cost a stunning $5,58,000 to an Asian collector. This resulted in a new world record being set, making it the priciest wine bottle ever. Only 600 bottles of this wine flavour were made in 1945. There is currently only one intact bottle left, and it is worth more than $500,000 in total.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1992
In the year 2000, a bottle of this particular wine was sold for $5,000.00 at a charity auction in California, United States. It is fully unpolished and opaque purple in colour. It is one of the best wines since it was matured in 60% new wood. It smells like oak and blackcurrants.
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This expensive wine retails for $3,10,700 for a 750 ml bottle and $8,631 for a glass. This bottle's label features a "V," which stands for the Allies' victory in the Second World War.
1947 Cheval Blanc
1947 Cheval Blanc, billed as "The best Bordeaux ever made," costs $3,04,375. This wine has a somewhat thick texture that was accidentally made. This wine's distinctive taste and flavour cannot be replicated because the year it was produced saw some severe weather and inappropriate conditions.
Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck
The history of this particular wine variety is intriguing. This wine, which costs $2,75,000, was initially created for Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. A ship carrying 2,000 bottles of this wine capsized and sank in 1916. Intact bottles of Heidsieck wine were discovered at freezing temperatures when the shipwreck was located later in 1997.
