The 200 years old bottle of Château Yquem - £55,000

The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold was the 1787 vintage Sauternes from Château Yquem that went for a record US$100,000. That’s £10,000 a glass!

The purchaser was a fine wine collector from the US.

But at over 200 years old what will the wine taste like? “Château Yquem is a sweet wine made in Bordeaux from completely shrivelled up, late harvested grapes. It has the concentration that enables it to mature for many years, even centuries. Apart from the taste, the enjoyment of wine as old as this is a remarkably nostalgic experience. In 1787 when peasants in Bordeaux were picking these grapes, George Washington became the first President of the United States, the French Revolution began, George III was King of England and James Watt was developing the steam engine!”

by Peter Brady