1. 10-10- Screaming Eagle Cab 1992Screaming Eagle Cab 1992
• Though this wine should have ranked first in terms of
price, its value was somehow overshadowed as it was
auctioned for charity. Imperial of Screaming Eagle
Cab 1992 was sold at the Napa Valley Wine Auction
in 2000 for an astronomical sum of
$500,000(Rs.2,50,00,000). The wine as purchased by
Cisco Systems executive Chase Bailey. Though
technically it had fetched the highest ever price, but
much of its price has to be discounted as it was meant
for charitable purposes.

3. 9-9- Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1982Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1982
• Ninth in line is fifty cases
(six hundred bottles) of
Chateau Mouton-
Rothschild 1982.
• The sale was made at
Christie’s/Zachy’s New
York in 1997 for an
astonishing price of
$420,000 ($700
(Rs.35,000) per bottle).

4. 8-8- Screaming Eagle 1994Screaming Eagle 1994
• At the eighth spot
stands three bottles of
Screaming Eagle
1994, sold at
Christie’s Los Angeles
in 2000. The price
fetched was
$3,833(Rs.1,91,650)
per bottle.

5. 7-7- Romanée-Conti DRC 1990Romanée-Conti DRC 1990
• Romanée-Conti,
DRC 1990 is in
the seventh place.
6 magnums of the
wine were sold at
Zachy’s New
York at $5,800
(Rs.2,90,000)
each.

6. 6-6- Le MontrachetLe Montrachet19781978
• Sixth in line is Le
Montrachet, DRC
1978. Seven bottles
of it were sold at
Sotheby’s New
York in 2001 at
$23,929
(Rs.11,96,450)per
bottle

7. 5-5- Romanee ContRomanee Contii19901990
• At the fifth place stands
set of eight bottles of
Romanée-Conti, DRC
1990. The set was sold
for $224,900 (or
$28,112 (Rs.14,05,600)
per bottle) at Sotheby’s
London in 1996.

8. 4- Massandra Sherry4- Massandra Sherry17751775
• Now comes the turn of the
1775 Sherry from the
Massandra Collection, sold
at Sotheby’s London in
2001. It fetched a price of
$43,500(Rs.21,75,000).
Massandra winery was
highly admired in the Czarist
Russia. Massandra’s cellar
contains umpteen bottles
(close to a million) of both
Russian and Western
European wines. This Sherry
was the oldest among the
Western European variety.

9. 3- Chateau d Yquem 17843- Chateau d Yquem 1784
• The wine bottle of 1784
Chateau d’Yquem stands
third. It was sold at
Christie’s London in 1986
for an amazing sum of
$56,588 (Rs.28,29,400).
This bottle also bears the
initials of Thomas
Jefferson.

10. 2- Chateau Mouton Rothschild 19452- Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945
• Jeroboam Chateau
Mouton-Rothschild 1945
fetched the second highest
price ever. The wine was
considered to be one
among the highly admired
vintages of the 20th
century. It was sold for a
whopping
$114,614(Rs.57,30,700) at
Christie’s London in 1997

11. 1- Chateau Lafite 17871- Chateau Lafite 1787
• The bottle of wine that fetched the
highest ever price was Chateau
Lafite, 1787. It fetched a price of
$160,000 (Rs.80,00,000) at
Christie’s London in 1985. The
wine was bought for Forbes
collection. The specialty of the
bottle is that it bears Thomas
Jefferson’s initials etched on the
glass.

12. Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Never Sold-Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Never Sold-
1787 Chateau Margaux1787 Chateau Margaux
• In 1989, another of Thomas Jefferson’s
Bordeaux’s (1787 Chateau Margaux) was
taken to the Four Seasons restaurant in
New York to show it off.
• Near the end of the evening, a waiter
bumped the dinner table and upended the
wine, resulting in a total loss.
• A total insured loss of
$225,000.=Rs.1,01,25,000/-