What is the most expensive wine in the world?
? It's a question we often ask ourselves at the dinner table, with family or friends, over a glass of good wine: "What is the most expensive wine in the world?". Unsurprisingly, it's a French wine, but it's not a Bordeaux Grand Cru Classé, but rather a "Grand Cru Classé". very rare wine produced in minute quantities on the mythical terroirs of Burgundy. As you may have guessed, the most expensive wine in the world is the Romanée Conti Grand Cru of the Domaine de la Romanee Conti and more precisely on the 1945 vintage which was auctioned at €482,000just like that! Fortunately, it's perfectly possible to buy old vintages and exceptional wines at more reasonable prices.
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Ranking of the 50 most expensive wines in the world
| Wines | Average price | Maximum price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanée Conti Grand Cru 1945 ? | 14 173 € | 482 000 € |
| 2 | Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, Mosel | 10 217 € | 29 653 € |
| 3 | Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 8 441 € | 21 489 € |
| 4 | Domaine Leflaive Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 7 257 € | 14 987 € |
| 5 | Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier Musigny Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits | 6 804 € | 22 960 € |
| 6 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 5 106 € | 28 650 € |
| 7 | Joh. Jos. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese, Mosel | 4 143 € | 12 816 € |
| 8 | Leroy Domaine d'Auvenay Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 4 004 € | 8 207 € |
| 9 | Domaine Leroy Chambertin Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 3 996 € | 15 497 € |
| 10 | Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 3 626 € | 11 075 € |
| 11 | Domaine Leroy Richebourg Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 3 568 € | 8 701 € |
| 12 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache Grand Cru Monopole, Cote de Nuits | 3 319 € | 22 330 € |
| 13 | Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese Gold | 3 312 € | 4 917 € |
| 14 | Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 3 187 € | 9 724 € |
| 15 | Staatsweingut Kloster Eberbach Erbacher Steinberger Riesling Trockenbeer. | 3 079 € | 9 687 € |
| 16 | Domaine Faiveley Musigny Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 2 951 € | 7 990 € |
| 17 | Domaine Leroy Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 2 891 € | 7 436 € |
| 18 | Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA | 2 772 € | 9 156 € |
| 19 | Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Beerenauslese, Mosel, Germany | 2 715 € | 4 917 € |
| 20 | Schonborn-Schloss Schonborn Erbacher Marcobrunn Riesling Trockenbeer. | 2 619 € | 5 712 € |
| 21 | Domaine Leroy Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 2 519 € | 7 641 € |
| 22 | Petrus, Pomerol, France | 2 495 € | 30 690 € |
| 23 | Domaine Leroy Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 2 382 € | 5 599 € |
| 24 | Boerl & Kroff Brut, Champagne, France | 2 382 € | 4 659 € |
| 25 | Le Pin, Pomerol, France | 2 379 € | 17 814 € |
| 26 | Kloster Eberbach Rudesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese | 2 139 € | 3 726 € |
| 27 | Domaine Leroy Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 2 137 € | 6 956 € |
| 28 | Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Eiswein, Mosel, Germany | 2 092 € | 19 374 € |
| 29 | Krug Clos d'Ambonnay, Champagne, France | 2 035 € | 4 996 € |
| 30 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 2 017 € | 12 807 € |
| 31 | Costantino Vintage Port, Portugal | 2 017 € | 6 706 € |
| 32 | Coche-Dury Les Perrieres, Meursault Premier Cru, France | 1 905 € | 6 770 € |
| 33 | Weingut Keller G-Max Riesling Trocken, Rheinhessen, Germany | 1 843 € | 4 098 € |
| 34 | Domaine Dugat-Py Chambertin Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 1 841 € | 4 568 € |
| 35 | Domaine Leroy Corton-Renardes Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 1 828 € | 6 024 € |
| 36 | Georges & Christophe Roumier Les Amoureuses, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru | 1 822 € | 8 167 € |
| 37 | Domaine Leroy Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 1 694 € | 4 575 € |
| 38 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits | 1 689 € | 6 198 € |
| 39 | Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan Forster Jesuitengarten Riesling Trockenbeer. | 1 672 € | 12 418 € |
| 40 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits | 1 629 € | 9 012 € |
| 41 | Sylvain Cathiard Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 1 608 € | 4 695 € |
| 42 | Real Vinicola Vintage Port, Portugal | 1 597 € | 8 842 € |
| 43 | Domaine Ramonet Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 1 592 € | 6 086 € |
| 44 | Emmanuel Rouget Cros Parantoux, Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, France | 1 521 € | 7 098 € |
| 45 | Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Echezeaux Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France | 1 497 € | 5 403 € |
| 46 | Domaine Armand Rousseau Pere et Fils Chambertin Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits | 1 446 € | 30 114 € |
| 47 | Dom Perignon P3 Plenitude Brut, Champagne, France | 1 411 € | 2 975 € |
| 48 | Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France | 1 373 € | 3 789 € |
| 49 | Diez Hermanos Diez 'Ultra' Port, Portugal | 1 367 € | 6 706 € |
| 50 | Domaine Armand Rousseau Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos-de-Beze Grand Cru | 1 323 € | 6 231 € |
Countries and regions producing the most expensive wines?
Many countries produce wine. However, only a few of them produce what are known as "luxury" wines. At the head of the pack is France's France with 8 bottles in the top 10 and 37 in the top 50. Whatever the ranking, wines from Burgundy occupy a privileged place. Of the 50 most expensive wines in the world, 32 are from Burgundy. Germany comes next, with 4 bottles in the Top 50; the USA produces Screaming Eagle cabernet sauvignon, which ranks 11th. The domains most represented in this ranking are from Burgundy: Domaine Leroy with 9 wines and the Romanée Conti with 7, and Germany's Egon Muller with 3.
Why are these wines so expensive?
The world's most expensive wines are said to bear images of the values that make them so expensive. As a result, French wines are often associated with ideas of prestige and excellence. Referring to La Romanée Contithe price of these wines is also justified by the reputation to which they belong and by their rarity. Some wines owe their high price to the quality of the vines involved in their production. Such is the case with Richebourg, whose vines grow in conditions that give the wine depth and complexity par excellence.
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