Rare 19th-century Château Latour and Burgundy have lit up the auction scene in Hong Kong in recent weeks, with Château La Mission Haut-Brion starring in London.
A Christie’s auction of wines sourced from estates owned by Artémis Domaines – controlled by French billionaire François Pinault – saw a bottle of Château Latour 1865 sell for HK$812,500 (£80,500), including buyer’s premium. That outpaced a pre-sale high estimate of HK$220,000.
Produced when Napoleon III was emperor of France and reconditioned in 1990, the wine was joint-top lot in the sale, alongside a five-litre jeroboam of Latour 1961 (sold for HK$812,500; high estimate:…
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