68232276 In France for a record price of sold a bottle of yellow wine
On the "wine" auction in France top lot was a rare bottle of yellow wine of Louis XV, said on Saturday, February 5, Agence France-Presse. She was sold for 57,000 euros This is a bottle of yellow wine harvest in 1773. Buyer has the Swiss Pierre Chevre. The representative of the Jura wine region, which produces yellow wine, expressed his satisfaction that this variety has finally been appreciated at auction. The wine in question, gets the amber-yellow color due to the natural fermentation of grape varieties Sauvignon late harvest, using special yeast hulled. The wine matures in oak casks for six years or more. Besides yellow wine (Vin Jaune) in the Jura wine region is also another unique type of wine – a straw wine (Vin de Paille). It is expected that the wine festival in the town of Arbois, which was sold a bottle of vintage 1773, will visit over the weekend 50,000 people. Meanwhile, the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold at auction is a bottle of Chateau Cheval-Blanc, for which paid more than 200 thousand euros. It happened at the "wine" auction auction house Christie's in November 2010.
