A bottle of wine from 1945 became the most expensive bottle of the beverage ever sold at auction when it fetched a price of $812,500. Photo courtesy of Acker
March 31 (UPI) — A bottle of wine from 1945 became the most expensive bottle of the beverage ever sold at auction when it fetched a price of $812,500.
Auction house Acker said the 750 ml bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, originally sourced from the personal wine cellar of Robert Drouhin, fetched the record-breaking price at its La Paulée auction during the weekend.
The previous most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction was set at $558,000 in 2018.
“The 1945 Romanée-Conti represents the final vintage produced before Domaine de la Romanée-Conti replanted its oldest vines — grapes that had survived phylloxera, two World Wars and nearly a century of Burgundy history,” the auction house said in a news release. “With production extremely limited, surviving bottles have long been considered the pinnacle of wine collecting, with many connoisseurs believing the pre-phylloxera vines add an unmatched depth and complexity to the wine.”
Acker Chairman John Kapon said the wine is worth the price.
“I’ve had the privilege of tasting the 1945 Romanée-Conti just three times in my life, and it is the greatest wine I’ve ever tasted,” he said.