Auction Report: December, DRC 1991 sold for 10,320€ (+28%)
The latest iDealwine online auction, which closed on 14 December, put Burgundy grands crus in the spotlight. A bottle of Romanée-Conti topped the €10,000 mark in this sale. Burgundy grands crus are unlikely to see a let-up in prices any time soon. For some years, rarity, prestige and global demand have combined to produce an explosive cocktail, and on the rare occasion a Côte de Nuits grand cru comes up for sale, the price invariably goes sky-high, regularly setting new records. That’s what happened in the auction on 14 December, when an Austrian…