Legendary winemaker Henri Jayer’s final batch of Burgundies sells for US$35m
‘These bottles and magnums from his personal reserve were a bit like his laboratory’
The last batch of late legendary winemaker Henri Jayer’s Burgundies – which include some of the world’s most expensive wines – was sold for a mouth-watering 30 million euros (US$35 million) in Geneva on Sunday, well in excess of the estimated price.
In all, 1,064 bottles went under the hammer at the Baghera Wines auction at a gourmet restaurant in Geneva.
They included Cros-Parantoux Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, which ranks among the world’s priciest wines.
“Everything was sold and each one of the lots was extremely well bid” in an auction that lasted six and a half hours, said Emilie Drouin, spokeswoman for the Baghera Wines auction house.
The 855 standard bottles and 209 magnums, dating from between 1970 and 2001, were from the personal wine cellar of the man broadly considered the king of the Pinot Noir variety of grape.
