A look into the world's top five bottles of wine ever sold.

1. Most Expensive Wines
Ever Sold

3. CHÂTEAU LAFITE, 1787
This Bordeaux is
over 200 years old
and was sold in 1985
at a price amounting
to $156,450.
It has the initials
Th.J carved on the
bottle and it is
believed to have been
President Jeffersons
possession.

4. 2. JEROBOAM OF CHÂTEAU
MOUTON-ROTHSCHILD, 1945
The price tag for this
bottle of wine stands
at $310,700 and
$8,631 per glass. It is
considered to be one
of the best wines of
the 20th century.
This vintage was sold
to an anonymous
bidder in London in
1997.

5. 3. INGLENOOK CABERNET
SAUVIGNON NAPA VALLEY, 1941
Hailing from Napa Valley
this Cabernet is
considered to be one of
the most expensive
American wines ever
sold.
This bottle was sold at
24,675 to Francis Ford
Coppola, who described
the taste as “a well-preserved,
robust wine
that had just finished
fermentation at the time
of Pearl Harbor."

6. 4. CHÂTEAU MARGAUX, 1787
Unfortunately, this
bottle was never
enjoyed by a wine
enthusiast. It was
broken in a busy NYC
dining night and the
wine merchant collected
$225,000 for the
irreversible damage.
The owner claimed that
this bottle was also
owned by Thomas
Jefferson.

7. 5. KRUG, 1928
This bottle of Krug
broke the record for
the most expensive
bottle of bubbly ever
sold. Originating from
1953, it was sold in
2005 at the Acker
Merrall & Conduit
auction in Hong Kong
for the amount of
$21,200.