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Château d´Yquem

average (Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992 is riencing an orgasm at once in the mouth and in
estimated at cost $500,000). It is said that only the nose,“ wrote once the wine critic Clive Coa-
500-800 cases of Cabernet Blanc and less than tes. The annual production is considered to be
50 cases of Sauvignon Blanc occur each year. 5,600 bottles.
36 hundred, let alone 6 thousand, is already Actual collector´s price for 2017 Domaine de
big money. You can spend a nice family holi- la Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is $16 166.67 per
day for this price. Is a bottle of wine worth it? bottle, $48 500.00 per case.
I can‘t say for sure, but I think that my friend‘s The Bordeaux lovers are praying to Château
wine will be significantly more profitable at Pétrus, Cheval Blanc or Château d´Yquem
the end than this screaming gem with engra- when it comes to white. Whites?
ving of an eagle emblem, even if you can find Egon Müller owns 21 acres of the 70-acre
a waiting list on their website and you remain Scharzhofberger, one of the world’s best Ries-
in the virtual cue for years. ling vineyards. It’s located in Wiltingen, Ger-
This was the information mostly for the US many, on the Saar river, on a slate-rich, south-
market. The rest of the world considers as the -facing slope. Egon Müller’s Scharzhofberger
crème de la crème between red wines Do- Trockenbeerenauslese is the highest-placed
maine de la Romanée-Conti, the most famous white wine on the list, and it´s bottles boast an
producer in Burgundy, France, called „one of average price of $13 670 and a max price of
the greatest wines of the world and the most $32 897.
perfect as well as the most expensive of Burgun- I do not want to be a judge in the race of the
dy ... with a forceful bouquet of violet mixed with most expensive wines in the world.
a scent of cherry, a lively and profound ruby robe, This book is not about who is the most ex-
a suaveness of exceptional finesse.“ pensive in the world. These world-famous wi-
Wine from the 1.88 hectares (4.6 acres) vi- neries will undoubtedly survive and be hardly
neyard Clos de la Romanée Conti is among the hit by the crisis.
most sought after, and expensive, in the world. But we wanted to say that they are here,
Annual production is about 5 600 bottles, the that they set their prices according to different
price is only theoretic, because you can hardly rules and that even before the astronomical
buy any bottle, but the whole set of DRCs pro- amounts they find the ones, who are willing to
duced grands crus Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, pay for their wines at these prices.
Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Grands It is conceivable that the origin of buyers is
Echezeaux, Echezeaux, and Montrachet. shifting more and more to the east.
“To drink Romanée-Conti is equivalent to expe- That also indicates something. ƅ
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