1774 Jura "Vin Jaune"

…sold at Christies for nearly 50 k$!

A bottle of French wine dating back to 1774 fetched 46,000 Swiss francs ($49 200, R404 000) at auction in Geneva on Tuesday.

An anonymous internet buyer purchased the “Vin Jaune” which hails from Arbois in the eastern Jura region.

Sellers Christie’s said the wine had been stored for generations in a vaulted underground cellar by the Vercel family.

The purchase price, which included the buyer’s premium, met the estimated price tag of between 40 000 and 50 000 Swiss francs.

Christie’s said a bottle from the same batch was tasted by wine experts in 1994 who deemed the vintage, with notes of cinnamon, curry and vanilla, “excellent.”

“Nicknamed ‘the wine of kings and the king of wines,’ this extraordinary bottle is probably the oldest unfortified example of what is to be still an astonishing wine and another true rarity for wine lovers and connoisseurs,” said the auction house ahead of the sale.

So, do we say ‘congratulations’ to Mr. Audouze?

I sure do hope Francois got this! Wow…to drink a wine 2 yrs OLDER than our country!!! [shock.gif]

François didn’t get it (he was bidding by telephone, which he says makes him “more reasonable”). If you read French, the details are here.

Hehe…

Can’t be much more oxidized tasting than more recent vintage, so it will probably still drink ok…

Paul - Don’t tell Mike During about your feelings about Vin Jaune! He loves the stuff and waxes lyrical about its qualities

Brodie

A great wine

Brodie,

I’d sure love to try this wine, just as an experience it would be truly amazing…

But as a wine style in general, not for me…

Didn’t this sell for less than the 2008 auction price? I am confused…Christie’s sale of 1774 Jura wine disappoints | Jura Wine, Food and Travel

Also I guess Vin de garde has got to be one of the only wines that would sell at auction with no label!