6 Mar 2019

Rare 74-year-old bottle of wine goes to auction

From Afternoons, 1:40 pm on 6 March 2019
A 1945 bottle of Château Latour is set to go on auction in Auckland next week. The reserve has been set at $4,000.

A 1945 bottle of Château Latour is set to go on auction in Auckland next week. The reserve has been set at $4,000. Photo: Supplied

What is the most you would be willing to pay for a bottle of wine? Would it be in the area of $4,000? That's the reserve for a 74-year-old bottle of wine that is going to auction in Auckland next. Jesse asks wine connoisseur Reece Warren what makes this particular bottle so special? 

 

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