Mouton ’45 Leads $21.9 Million Koch Wine Auction at Sotheby’s
- Jayer ’89 Cros Parantoux in magnums among other leading lots
- Sotheby’s says sale sets record for wine collection at auction
William Koch's wine cellar.
Photo: Sotheby'sTen bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945 Bordeaux from the cellar of billionaire collector William Koch fetched $343,000 at a three-day Sotheby’s sale in New York which raised $21.9 million, a total it said was a record for a wine collection sold at auction.
Six magnums of Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1989 Henri Jayer Burgundy sold for $171,500, while one six-liter methuselah of Romanee Conti 1991 Domaine de la Romanee Conti achieved $159,250. All top three lots sold for well above pre-sale estimates, according to an e-mail from Sotheby’s.