Chateau d'Yquem 1811

A half-bottle of Chateau d'Yquem 1811 sold at Acker Merrall & Condit in 2011 for $117,000, the highest price ever for a dessert wine half-bottle, and 50% more expensive than the next-costly Sauternes. As the only Premier Cru Superieur property, it produces about 85,000 half-bottles annually of intensely sweet Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. The 1811 vintage, coinciding with the Great Comet, is among the oldest auctioned wines, trading at a 70% premium over the runner-up 1811 vintage from a lesser château.