Ka-ching! These are the most sought-after (and expensive!) wines in the world
A cheerful little quaffer for four euros, an indulgent wine for a tenner and, if there’s really something to celebrate, Champagne for thirty euros: good wine doesn’t have to be expensive. But of course, it can be! Wine Searcher has compiled a list of the most sought-after wines at the moment. Fancy one of the wines on their list? Open your wallet, raid your savings account or sell a kidney, because it’s going to be expensive.
On Wine Searcher, you can look up wines. Naturally, the website saves the searches so it can happily analyse them every once in a while. And what do they notice? That the top ten searches actually don’t differ all that much from year to year.
Call your bank
Pinot noir from Burgundy is becoming increasingly popular, and of course we’re talking about top Pinots such as Romanée-Conti. It ranks tenth on Wine Searcher’s hit list. Fancy a bottle? Better check with your bank, because the average price is a whopping (gulp) 25,000 dollars.
Bordeaux
At number one is Château Mouton Rothschild, a very expensive Bordeaux—but at an average of just 727 dollars per bottle, a bargain compared with Romanée-Conti. Number two: Dom Pérignon Champagne, 270 dollars per bottle. And then another run of Bordeaux wines: Château Lafite, Château Margaux and Petrus.
Delicious
Only two wines in the top ten don’t come from France. At number 6 is Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia from Bolgheri, a delicious Italian, and at number 8 Opus One from America. Expensive? Meh, a bottle of that Italian wine will set you back a casual 347 dollars, while you can take Opus One home for 417 dollars a bottle.
Wish list
Father’s Day is coming up, and maybe Dad doesn’t want a book token or a tie, but a nice wine for his cellar. To make things easy, here’s the top 10 from Wine Searcher. Make the most of it!
- Château Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac: $727
- Dom Pérignon Brut Champagne: $270
- Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac: $1034
- Château Margaux, Margaux: $773
- Petrus, Pomerol: $4125
- Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia, Bolgheri: $347
- Château Latour, Pauillac: $830
- Opus One, Napa Valley: $417
- Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan: $662
- DRC Romanée-Conti Grand Cru: $25,427
A little cheaper
Overall, Wine Searcher sees the average prices of top wines falling slightly compared with previous years. The Bordeaux wines are all about 1.5 percent cheaper than before. A tiny difference, but still: if this trend continues, on my ninetieth birthday I might be able to let all my guests have a little sip.
