The 20 most expensive wines in the world, the ranking

What are the most expensive wines in the world and how much are they worth? The ranking of the 20 most valuable bottles, updated and valid for 2025, will surprise you.

If you are a wine lover and want to discover the most expensive labels available on the market, then you are in the right place. Many people wonder what the most expensive wines in the world are and where they are produced, worthy of real millionaires.

Here is the answer: here is the ranking of the 20 most expensive wines globally.

The ranking of the most expensive wines in the world

The passion for wine has grown enormously in recent years and many enthusiasts of this ancient and eternal drink are often looking for rare and valuable bottles.

For some connoisseurs, there is no limit to the emotion of owning something rare, expensive or truly one of a kind. Wine not only improves with time (if well preserved) but also becomes more precious and expensive as the years pass.

We do not include in the ranking the bottle of wine from Spira, considered the oldest bottle of wine in the world, dating back to 325 and 350 AD. It is kept in the Palatinate Historical Museum in Speyer, Germany, and its value is inestimable.

1) Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée-Conti Grand Cru

Max. price: 230,585 euros

The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, often abbreviated to DRC by collectors, is an estate in France, in Burgundy, which produces some of the most expensive wines in the world. Its main vineyard, called Romanée-Conti, extends for about 4 hectares and produces some of the most expensive bottles on the market.

2) Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru

Max. price: 170,000 euros

Critics consider it the best Chambolle-Musigny wine in the world.
This is the most expensive wine produced with Pinot Noir in Burgundy.

After careful hand selection at the time of harvest, the grapes are brought to the cellar in small baskets on refrigerated trucks. They are then carefully selected on two large sorting tables to choose only the best and healthiest grapes.
After pressing, the wines descend into the first underground cave. Here they remain until the end of malolactic fermentation. After racking (only by gravity) the wines descend into the second cellar, deeper and colder. Here they remain until bottling.

3) Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tache Grand Cru Monopole

Max. price: €82,879

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is the most well-known wine producer in Burgundy. Based in the Burgundian town of Vosne-Romanée, the Domaine sells wines from eight different grand cru vineyards that stretch along the Côte d’Or.

4) Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

Max. price: €63,500

Domaine d’Auvenay is a small winery in Burgundy, France, located in Saint-Romain. Part of the Leroy empire, it is named after Lalou Bize-Leroy and was previously run by her husband Marcel Bize until his death in 2004.

The estate’s wines, Premier Cru and Grand Cru based on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, are produced under the d’Auvenay label.

5) Domaine Leroy Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

Max. price: €51,100

Domaine Leroy is a négociant/wine producer based in the Côte de Nuits region of Burgundy. It produces a range of Pinot Noir-based wines from some of the world’s most iconic vineyards, including Chambertin, Musigny, Clos de Vougeot and Romanée-Saint-Vivant, and is second only to Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in terms of price and quality. Wines made from the fruit grown on the estate are sold under the Domaine Leroy label.

6) Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier Musigny Grand Cru

Max. price: €48,500

Georges Roumier founded his vineyard in 1924, which today comprises approximately 28 hectares in Burgundy, France. The Roumier vineyards are located in the regions of Chambolle-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis and Corton-Charlemagne.

7) Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru

Max. price: €42,350

This is a Chardonnay that critics have rated as the finest available among the Chassagne-Montrachet wines.

8) Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese

Max. price: 41,541 euros

Weingut Egon Müller is a renowned winery based in Wiltingen, Moselle, Germany. It works exclusively with the Riesling grape and is particularly known for its wines produced from the exceptional Scharzhofberg vineyard southeast of Wiltingen. The current director is Egon Müller IV, trained at the leading wine university in Geisenheim.

9) Domaine Leroy Richebourg Grand Cru

Max. price: 39,125 euros

A balanced taste with elegant tones, only 700 bottles of this wine are produced each year.

10) Domaine Leroy Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru

Max. price: 36,381 euros

The Romanée-Saint-Vivant has captivating notes with scented hints of black cherry, blueberry and cold stone. On the palate it is medium-bodied with saturated and silky tannins, a succulent red cherry accompanied by pomegranate with great purity in the finish.

Below, the other most expensive wines in the ranking:

• Domaine Leroy Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru - 36,381 euros
• Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru - 33,652 euros
• Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier Echezeaux Grand Cru - 30,205 euros
• Domaine Leroy Chambertin Grand Cru - 29,585 euros
• Domaine Leflaive Montrachet Grand Cru - 28,150 euros
• Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Montrachet Grand Cru - 27,490 euros
• Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Les Gouttes d’Or - 27,492 euros
• Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Les Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru - 27,150 euros
• Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Les Folatieres, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru - 25,635 euros
• Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Meursault - 23,220 euros
• Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru - 22,930 euros

Original article published on Money.it Italy. Original title: I 20 vini più costosi al mondo, la classifica