The most expensive wines of the year…so far!

They say that slow and steady wins the race, but that’s not really the case in the auction world. We’re halfway through the year, and there have already been some record-breaking bids at iDealwine. A look at the top 50 most expensive bottles from January to July will give you a good idea of which domains and regions are taking the lead.

Records that can’t stop being broken

The results recorded in 2021 were already impressive, with a 2006 Musigny from Domaine Leroy selling for a top bid of €28,244. You’d think the value of this bottle couldn’t go up any further, but apparently the sky is the limit when it comes to Burgundy’s rarest produce; the same cuvée went under the hammer for €33,000 (including fees) earlier this year. We’ve observed a similar leap for the second place bottle, too, with a difference in vintage this time. In 2021, a bottle of 1990 Romanée-Conti fetched €20,998, whilst a much more recent vintage of the same cru – the 2015 – sold for €31,620 since. This ranking, which features just one bottle from each domain (you get to see a more diverse range of estates that way), features four bottles that have fetched over €10k, and fifteen that got a top bid exceeding €5k. And for a bit of extra information, there’s a 50/50 split between the top bottles that went to French bidders and those won by overseas clients.

Burgundy leads, other regions catching up

Half of the bottles in this top 50 hale from Burgundian vineyards, showcasing the region’s ability to hold on firmly to its reigning position at auction. Having said this, there have been some impressive performances from other wine regions so far this year, with notably high bids for a few Rhône and Languedoc wines. In fact, Jean-Louis Chave features in fifth place, whilst the sixth spot is occupied by the ever-climbing Grange des Pères who has already jumped three places since 2021. Chave’s hammer price is not to be overlooked, either, since the 2003 Cathelin cuvée fetched €7,936 compared to the €5,403 for its 2000 sibling last year. Just a couple of ranks later we find an appearance from Champagne, with Dom Pérignon’s 1971 P3 Plénitude cuvée.

Top 50 Highest Bids, 1st Semester 2022

Rank Lot  Hammer price (750ml)
1 1 Bottle Musigny Grand Cru Leroy (Domaine) 2006                               34 100 €
2 1 Bottle Romanée-Conti Grand Cru Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2015                               31 620 €
3 1 Bottle Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru d’Auvenay (Domaine) 2005                               24 552 €
4 1 Bottle Musigny Grand Cru Georges Roumier (Domaine) 2005                               17 608 €
5 1 Bottle Hermitage Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin Jean-Louis Chave 2003                                 7 936 €
6 1 Bottle IGP Pays d’Hérault Grange des Pères Laurent Vaillé 1992                                 7 812 €
7 1 Bottle Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Coche Dury (Domaine) 2010                                 7 068 €
8 1 Magnum Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru Armand Rousseau (Domaine) 1999                                 6 882 €
9 1 Bottle Echezeaux Grand Cru Bizot (Domaine) 2009                                 6 820 €
10 1 Bottle Echezeaux Grand Cru Henri Jayer 1986                                 6 572 €
11 1 Bottle Champagne Dom Pérignon P3 Plénitude 1971                                 5 828 €
12 1 Bottle Cuvée S Salon 1966                                 5 580 €
13 1 Bottle La Romanée Grand Cru Comte Liger-Belair (Domaine du) 2017                                 5 580 €
14 1 Bottle Petrus 2000                                 5 332 €
15 1 Magnum Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes Jacky Truchot 2002                                 5 270 €
16 1 Bottle Musigny Grand Cru Faiveley 2019                                 4 588 €
17 1 Bottle Château Le Pin 2000                                 4 464 €
18 1 Magnum Châteauneuf-du-Pape Château Rayas Reynaud 1999                                 4 253 €
19 1 Bottle Château Palmer 3ème Grand Cru Classé 1961                                 4 092 €
20 1 Bottle Oakville Napa Valley Screaming Eagle Stanley Kroenke 2012                                 4 092 €
21 1 Bottle Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Quartier de Marei Haut Arnoux-Lachaux 2018                                 3 968 €
22 1 Bottle Clos du Mesnil Krug 1979                                 3 844 €
23 1 Bottle Extra-Brut 1er Cru Millésimé Jacques Selosse 2008                                 3 782 €
24 1 Bottle Musigny Grand Cru Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier 2010                                 3 720 €
25 1 Bottle Château Haut Brion 1er Grand Cru Classé 1961                                 3 472 €
26 1 Bottle Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru Domaine René Engel – Domaine Eugénie 1990                                 3 472 €
27 1 Bottle Montrachet Grand Cru Ramonet (Domaine) 2010                                 3 385 €
28 1 Magnum Richebourg Grand Cru Méo-Camuzet (Domaine) 2010                                 3 348 €
29 1 Magnum Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes Ponsot (Domaine) 1990                                 3 286 €
30 1 Bottle Château Lafite Rothschild 1er Grand Cru Classé 1982                                 3 224 €
31 1 Magnum Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Dujac (Domaine) 1999                                 3 100 €
32 1 Bottle Château Latour 1er Grand Cru Classé 1929                                 2 976 €
33 1 Bottle Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux Emmanuel Rouget 2010                                 2 976 €
34 1 Bottle Château La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classé de Graves 1955                                 2 790 €
35 1 Bottle Chambertin Grand Cru Dugat-Py 1999                                 2 728 €
36 1 Bottle Vouvray Goutte d’Or Clos Naudin – Philippe Foreau 1947                                 2 697 €
37 1 Magnum Château Edmus NFT Numéro 1 (sans prix de réserve) 2021                                 2 608 €
38 1 Bottle Vosne-Romanée Le Clos Goillotte Prieuré Roch 1999                                 2 604 €
39 1 Bottle Montrachet Grand Cru Comtes Lafon (Domaine des) 2017                                 2 604 €
40 3 Bottle Château Trotanoy 1961                                 2 428 €
41 1 Bottle Côte-Rôtie Côte Brune Marius Gentaz-Dervieux 1980                                 2 418 €
42 1 Bottle Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots Charles Lachaux 2020                                 2 418 €
43 1 Bottle Château d’Arche 2ème Grand Cru Classé Creme de Tete 1906                                 2 356 €
44 2 Bottle Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins Henri Bonneau & Fils 1990                                 2 294 €
45 1 Jeroboam Château Mouton Rothschild 1er Grand Cru Classé 2000                                 2 170 €
46 2 Bottle Montrachet Grand Cru Domaine D’Eugénie 2014                                 2 170 €
47 1 Bottle Bolgheri DOC Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido 1985                                 2 170 €
48 1 Bottle Chablis Grand Cru Clos Raveneau (Domaine) 2019                                 2 108 €
49 1 Bottle Whisky Lowland Auchentoshan 1966                                 2 083 €
50 1 Magnum Château Lafleur 1990                                 2 046 €

 

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