World’s Most Expensive Wines

If you’re in the mood to relax, it wouldn’t be a surprise to find that your plans for winding down included a nice bottle of vino. Similarly, when hosting a dinner party, one of the first things you consider is the wine that will complement the food on your menu.

Such libations have always been an integral part of our culture in celebration, mourning, and even in the case of communion where wine forms an essential part of the ceremony and has important religious connotations.

Finer wines and knowledge of them in detail are also synonymous with wealth, and often representative of a more luxurious lifestyle. Here are examples of some of the most expensive wines in the world. Would you pay out for these?

1907 Heidsieck

One of the most expensive bottles ever sold, this wine was part of a shipment to the Russian Imperial family from 1916. It unfortunately never made it, as a crate of 200 of the bottles were discovered in 1997 by a wreck diver, and each one reportedly sold for around £170,000. The old wines are now being served to wealthy patrons of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow.

1992 Screaming Eagle

This exclusive wine fetched around an impressive £300,000 at a charity event in 2008. The Californian Cabaret Sauvignon now sells for around $7,000 per bottle and is one of the most popular collectible wines. Starting this year, Screaming Eagle will be producing a wine

named ‘Second Flight,’ which will make its debut sales starting at $225. If you like a good red to fit with a fancy braised beef dish, then look no further!

1787  Chateau Lafite

Château Lafite Rothschild is a wine estate in France which has consistently produced one of the world’s most expensive red wines.

Unfortunately no longer drinkable as time has turned it to vinegar, this bottle was sold in London for collection purposes at $160,000. The bottle was a Bordeaux and sports the initials ‘TH.J’ etched in the glass for Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US who had previously owned the bottle.

2004 Block 42

Contained within a protective glass-and-metal cone and a glass ampoule hand blown by an Australian glass artist; the cabernet sauvignon is reputedly the only wine bottle in the world without a cork or screw top.

A 750ml bottle costs around £109,000. Produced from a single vineyard, every unit bought comes with the guarantee that Penfold’s chief winemaker will fly out to the destination of the purchased bottle and open it in a special ceremony.

1961 Pétrus Vintage

Of the high status wines available, the Pétrus Vintage is widely considered one of the best. It comes from the Bordeaux region of France from the right bank of the renowned Gironde River. The lot sold in auction at Christie’s New York went for an impressive $144,000, and has set a world record for being the most expensive Pétrus wine ever sold at auction.

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Elise Lévêque is an ambitious French born freelance translator. She loves nothing more than a good wine, and in her spare time writes for Loveglass. She has expensive taste in good food and better furnishings; her favorite kitchen feature is her brand new glass worktops!