Wine Auctions - Wine News

The auction volume in Winecommune after the

summer break was great again.

1494 different lots were offered and sold.

A total of more than 1801 wine bottles were auctioned.

The auction volume was $ 311.925,00

The average price per bottle was $ 172,72

Again there are some wine price records, wines that

never could obtain a higher price at a wine auction.

Some examples:

Sine Qua Non Not an Exit 2009 1500ml $ 1009 (+) 33,43%

Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta 2003 750ml $ 73,9 (+) 29,19%

Gaja Ca Marcanda Magari 2008 750ml $ 45,35 (+) 19,88%

Chateau Lafite 2001 6000ml Wine Value $ 3326 (+) 2,98%

Lynch Bages 2010 1500ml Wine Price $ 361 (+) 0,61%

As expected California USA was represented with the most lots.

(54,91%) of all wines came from this wine region, followed by

the French wine region Bordeaux with (19,16%) of the total

offers. The wine region Rhone as well France, auctioned

(4,61%), Burgundy (4,33%) and the Champagne (3,16%) of all

offered wines. Wines from other parts of the world were just

barely sold.

Duckhorn Vinyard was the winery, on

most searched, followed by Screaming Eagle, both

California. Chateau Lafite from Bordeaux was in demand on the

third place, Opus One and Kosta Brown,

both again from California occupied rank four and five.

The Second Flight, the second wine from Screaming Eagle

vintage 2010 750ml has the biggest sales success.

Many bidders bought the wines from Marcassin Estate

Chardonnay Three Sisters Vineyard vintage 2007 750ml,

Vincent Girardin Chassagne Montrachet Abbaye Morgeot

2007 375ml interrupts the ranks of California wines, it

was follow by wines of Alpha Omega Era 2010 750ml

and Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 in a 750ml bottle

The wine lovers, food and wine investors

again looked after the young vintages - 2010, then 2007,

followed by the vintages 2005,

2000 and 2003. The bottle sizes were ( 90.70 %) 750ml

bottles, followed by magnums ( 1500ml ), half bottles

( 375ml ) ,double-magnums (3000ml) and jeroboams (5000ml).

Quantities to ( 90.70 %) single bottles, (4.82 %)

2- pack , ( 2.21% ) pack of 3 and ( 0.74) 6 owc

The bottle of wine that scored the highest value was

Chateau Lafite vintage 2000 a double-magnum (3000ml)

with a sales price from $ 5293 followed by a second bottle

Chateau Lafite again vintage 2000 as well a

double-magnum ( 3000ml) which has a wine value

from $ 5260. Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon vintage

2010 as a magnum bottle (1500ml) reached a value from $ 4535

and a second bottle from the same wine was auctioned for

$ 4507. The fifth place, with a wine value from $ 4331 achieved

Chateau Lafite a magnum (1500ml) from the important vintage

1982. Also cheaper wines were offered and sold.

Miner Family Vineyards Viognier Simpson Vineyard 2001

750ml sold for $ 7 Beaulieu Pinot Noir Reserve 2000 750ml

with a value from $ 7,1 and Ste Michelle Vineyard Merlot 2002

750ml as well auctioned for $ 7,1.