Champagne has long been considered one of the symbols of the "sweet life", it is an indispensable attribute of holidays and fashionable parties. Real champagne may not be too cheap, but there are also true masterpieces of winemaking art that cost fabulous money. Of course, we are talking about elite varieties, because in Russia even the most trivial wine from France will not be cheap. But there is a wine for which the richest people in Europe, Asia and America are ready to compete at auctions.
An example of high-quality expensive champagne is Bollinger Blanc de Noirs Vieilles Vignes Francaises from 1997 grapes. A bottle of such sparkling wine will cost the buyer 650 US dollars. Naturally, this price is far from the limit.
So, Clos Du Mesnil 1995 will cost connoisseurs of good sparkling wine already 750 dollars. Produced by the Krug winery.
Champagne Dom Perignon from grapes harvested in 1966, accidentally found during a house renovation in Belgium, will delight real aesthetes for only $ 1900.
Krug Clos D'Ambonnay (1995 harvest) will cost the gourmet 3500 US dollars. Krug winemakers don't make cheap wines.
Perrier-Jouet has the most exquisite taste. Fruit notes and a bouquet of different grape varieties make the drink a real nectar. You can enjoy it too. For $ 6,000.
And for $ 17,000 you can enjoy six liters of first-class champagne at once. That is how much the 1990 Cristal Brut bottle sold at Sotheby's in 2005 cost.
A 1928 Krug champagne (considered one of the best for grapes) costs $ 21,000 per bottle. However, the price is not a hindrance for a person who really loves champagne.
A bottle of Dom Perignon White Gold Jeroboam in designer packaging sold in 2005 for $ 40,000. This is the case when people are willing to overpay for packaging. After all, the exact same bottle without luxury packaging costs only $ 350.
Instead of overpaying for an expensive box, it is better to purchase a set of Pernot Ricard Periier-Jouet champagne, consisting of a dozen bottles. Grape variety - at the buyer's choice. In addition, the price includes storage of the entire set in the Pernot Ricard wine cellars for several months. True, it is not clear why, because many in the place of a happy buyer would hasten to quickly take the coveted wine to their personal cellar.
In order to feel like the emperor of All Russia, you do not mind any money. Wealthy businessmen from Russia paid $ 270,000 each for a bottle of Heidsieck sparkling wine specially designed for the last Russian emperor Nicholas II. The wine lay at the bottom of the sea until 2007, and its shelf life had long expired, but this did not stop the buyers of the two hundred surviving bottles.
But all these precious drinks pale in comparison to Gout De Diamonds. This luxury wine is sold in diamond-set bottles with 18K white gold labels. Each will cost the wealthy wine lover $ 1,800,000.
