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Luxury can also be drunk, this is a fact. Good champagne has always been associated with gala events, exquisiteness and sophistication and yes, it is possible to find bottles at affordable prices, but To taste a good product it is essential to pay money, but how much?
Although a bottle that already exceeds 400/500 euros is already a luxury, the selection that we show below borders on even more ostentatious figures. Its astronomical prices are not only due to its quality, which is also due to its rarities, its year of bottling, its format or its presentation..
Taste of Diamonds, Taste of Diamonds
This bottle is not just champagne, it is luxury transformed into white gold and diamond. Out of the creativity of luxury goods designer Alexander Amouso, came Goût de Diamats, Taste of Diamonds.
This edition, whose price amounts to 1,5 million dollars, it is a work of art in itself. It is adorned with a Swarovski diamond set in a solid white gold diamond reminiscent of the Superman logo, the material from which the label is also made. Inside, the best harvest of the Gran Cru grape produced on the 8 hectares of the family owned Champagne Chapuy in Oger.
Veuve Clicquot 1841
What makes this bottle of champagne so coveted is not only its quality and the rarity and age of its vintage, 1841, but the fact that it was found, in 2010, in a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. 145 were the bottles that appeared on this ship, 46 of which was Veuve Clicquot. In 2012 one of them was sold at auction for 30.000 euros.
Krug 1915
It was in 2015 when the Krug house sold, at an auction organized by the Sotheby’s house, one of their 1915 bottles for $ 116.000.
In this case, the sale, whose bid began at $ 15.000, included a private visit to the winery for 4 people in which, in addition to drinking said bottle, they were able to taste other products of the house, as well as dishes cooked by Arnaud Lallement, a whole gastro experience that is well worth the amount paid.
Armand de Brignac Brut Gold Midas
The special thing about this bottle not only lies in its exquisite flavor, but it is its size that justifies its price of almost 57.000 euros. Its capacity is 30 liters, which is equivalent to about 40 normal bottles and is 1,5 meters high.
Armand de Brignac, owned by the Cattier family, is one of the best champagnes in the world. The bowl was handmade by various artisans and is inlaid with gold and decorated with an ace of spades.
Rose Gold Methuselah, 1996
Nicknamed as the king of champagnes, this limited edition of 35 bottles of Rose Gold Methuselah from the year 96, bottled by the renowned brand Moët & Chandon, reached the price of 45.000 euros. The bottle, which has a capacity of six liters and is plated in gold, is a reflection of the elegance and excellence of the brand.
1820 Juglar Cuvee
This house ceased to exist as such back in 1840So when divers found some of the last bottles of the brand in a shipwreck, their value soared right then and there.
Exceeding $ 45.000, these bottles have, above all, great historical value. Another of the singularities of the bottles is that, due to the time they spent under water, the bottles had shells embedded.
Cristal Brut 1990 Millennium Cuvee Methuselah
Produced by the Louis Roederer house to commemorate the turn of the millennium, this 6-liter bottle – equivalent to the content of eight normal bottles – was a limited series of 2.000 samples prepared with a unique blend. It sold for $ 18.800 at Christie’s prestigious New York auction in 2006.
Charles and Diana 1961
1961 was the year in which Princess Lady Di was born and the Dom Pérignon Vintage 1961 was the champagne that was served at her wedding to Prince Charles, who, for that occasion, wore a special badge created exclusively for this event.
It is these details that make this bottle a true collector’s item, especially among followers of British royalty. Its price is about 4.300 euros.