The top 10 most frequently sold wines at auction based on
the number of lots sold in the first half of 2006 (regardless of vintage and bottle sizes) were:
- Mouton-Rothschild - 1,157 lots
- Lafite-Rothschild - 904 lots
- Latour - 863 lots
- Margaux - 828 lots
- Haut-Brion - 645 lots
- Petrus - 639 lots
- Cheval Blanc - 545 lots
- Yquem - 537 lots
- Lynch-Bages - 476 lots
- Harlan Proprietary Red - 454 lots
This list pretty much defines the dreams of any wine collector. A few observations:
- All but one wine is from Bordeaux. Admittedly, Bordeaux is made in fairly large volumes so has an advantage in a list using a volume-based metric. But, it has also proven itself for long-term cellaring.
- Harlan Estate leads the CA cult wine category.
- The members of the top 10 auction wines are fairly constant. The same list prepared using the last half of 2005 data includes the same first 8 wines in the same order (except Lafite and Latour are flipped). The last two wines in the prior period were Pichon Lalande and Leoville Las Cases.
Note that the source of the above information is Vinfolio's own Wine Price File, the standard industry reference for wine auction price results from all major wine auction houses worldwide. Details on the The Wine Price File may be found by visiting www.wineprices.com. Auction data from the Wine Price File is also integrated into Vinfolio's ecommerce site and free VinCellar online cellar management application.
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