Champagne has always been associated with celebration and elegance. It is understandable why certain bottles command outrageous prices given their wonderful flavour and fizz. We’ll go into the realm of upscale bubbly in this post and present the top ten priciest champagnes in the world.
1. 2013 Gout de Diamants, Taste of Diamonds – $2.07 million
According to the champagne manufacturer, the blend of Grand Cru Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier inside this bottle has a flowery, refreshing, creamy texture and finishes with a light and graceful finish.
Not only is the Superman-inspired distinctive emblem of Taste of Diamonds expertly fashioned from 18-carat solid gold, but it also features a single, faultless 19-carat deep-cut white diamond set prominently at its centre, taking the place of the Swarovski crystal that usually sits there.
Apart from the intricate design of the diamond and gold logo, the unique bottle itself was created by none other than Alexander Amosu, a name that anyone familiar with customised iPhones and BlackBerrys would recognise.
2. 2013 Armand de Brignac Rose 30-Liter Midas – $275,000
Jay Z raised the stakes with the 2013 Armand de Brignac Rose 30-Liter Midas, a bottle size that was enormous, in less than two years.
Its height of four feet and weight of almost forty pounds, or forty standard-size bottles, make it even more of a party necessity.
3. 2011 Armand de Brignac 15-Liter – $90,000
This 15-liter monster is the result of the fusion of Champagne and rap music, and its owner, Jay Z, is extending his economic empire with it. Imagine a sombre Champagne setting swaying to the hip-hop beat of this massive bottle of Armand de Brignac, which many have rightly dubbed the Ace of Spades.
4. 1996 Dom Perignon Rose Gold Methuselah – $49,000
You receive prominent aromatic smoky notes with this expensive wine, and the 1996 Dom Perignon Rose Gold Methuselah is also said to be sharp, powerful, and have a firm finish.
5. 1820 Juglar Cuvee – $43,500
The idea of a resurrection Champagne edition, rather than the barnacles coating this bottle, is what really drove its price sky-high. The House of Juglar ceased to exist in the 1840s, but this is one spirited bottle that triumphed over sea limbo following a shipwreck and paid its way into our times and into the bustling halls of contemporary auction houses.
6. 1959 Dom Perignon – $42,350
During the extravagant celebrations honouring Cyrus the Great’s 2500th anniversary of founding the Persian Empire in Persepolis, in 1971, the Shah of Iran ordered numerous bottles of the inaugural vintage of Dom Pérignon Rosé chilled.
Acker Merrall & Condit auctioned off two of the fabled Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 1959 in 2008 for US $84,700 in New York. The winner could enjoy one bottle and set aside the other for investment.
The 1959 Rosé Vintage was only ever made in 306 bottles, and those bottles were never formally marketed.
7. 1841 Veuve Clicquot – $34,000
Veuve Clicquot, which was part of the previously mentioned Baltic Sea shipwreck haul, is still a premium brand today, but an 1841 bottle that appeared out of the water abyss undoubtedly deserves a price tag that is equally supernatural, and the Acker Merrall & Condit auctioneers quickly lowered the hammer to conclude the historical proceedings.
8. 1928 Krug – $21,200
This outstanding, distinctively rich fermented vintage was the result of a perfect harvest situation at the end of September following a great summer in 1928. Because of clever marketing, deterring Nazi attention during World War II, and favourable conditions, this 1928 collection was kept in the Krug cellars for ten years.
9. Louis Roederer, Cristal Brut 1990 Millennium Cuvee Methuselah – $18,800
The shipwrecked Champagne’s price was justified by its historical significance and exceptional rarity, but Cristal Brut 1990 Millennium Cuvee Methuselah’s size—equivalent to six litres or eight standard bottles in this case—earned it. There’s also the uniqueness aspect, since only 2,000 identical bottles of this specific Champagne are known to exist.
10. Shipwrecked Champagne – average of $14,181.81 per bottle
In the year 2010, a group of divers in the Baltic Sea inadvertently went into them. They soon came to a shipwreck on the ocean floor that had a box full of unbroken and in good shape 200-year-old Champagne bottles.
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