- Christie's sold its most expensive spirit lot this year with a single bottle of 60-year-old whiskey that went for more than $1.5 million.
- Six of the top 10 most expensive lots on this list were French wines, while the other four were rare and antique whiskeys.
- Half of the lots on this list were sold in a single auction in London, the most successful wine and spirits sale for the auctioneer in 20 years.
In 2018, auction house Christie's sold a bottle of whiskey that is worth more than seven times as much as the average American house.
In fact, it even broke a world record for the most expensive scotch to ever be auctioned off.
Nearly $3.3 million of the auction house's total sales in 2018 came from just 10 high-valued alcohol lots alone.
Here's a look at the most expensive wines and spirits Christie's has sold globally in 2018, ranked in ascending order.
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10. Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Montrachet 1986 — $120,960
A dozen bottles of this French white sold for $120,960 as part of the most successful London wine sale in 20 years for the auctioneer.
9. Château Latour 1945 — $135,600
One wine aficionado took home this rare case of 73-year-old Latour for $135,600 at the Geneva, Switzerland, auction in May.
8. Henri Jayer, Vosne-Romanée Cros Parantoux 1999 — $136,955
Selling for $136,955, this case of Cros Parantoux — produced in the heart of France's Burgundy wine region— was the top lot of Christie's Hong Kong wine sale this past fall.
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