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Limits RegistryA bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti — one of only about 600 ever produced, from the last vintage before the vineyard's original vines were replanted following a phylloxera outbreak — sold for $812,500 at Acker's La Paulée auction in March 2026, the highest price ever paid for a bottle of wine at auction, surpassing the previous record ($558,000, set by the same vintage in 2018).
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A bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti — one of only about 600 ever produced, from the last vintage before the vineyard's original vines were replanted following a phylloxera outbreak — sold for $812,500 at Acker's La Paulée auction in March 2026, the highest price ever paid for a bottle of wine at auction, surpassing the previous record ($558,000, set by the same vintage in 2018).
The highest price ever paid for a single bottle of wine sold at a public auction.
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Limits Registry. LR-MOST-EXPENSIVE-WINE-AUCTION. Most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction. 2026.