A Breakdown of Why This Bottle of Wine Costs $16,000 USD
2009 was a very good year.
In the luxurious world of spirits, special wines are highly-sought after for their rarity and taste. Business Insider got a hold of one of the world’s most expensive wines — a bottle of a 2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and it can be found at the popular steakhouse Del Frisco’s.
If you’re wondering why it’s so expensive, wine expert Crystl Horton says that it all comes down to the “pedigree of the wine.”
Because of the, sort of the history of the wine and the property, and also the fact that it’s such a small production. I mean, for the world, there’s just not enough of it, ever. So, even — more than half of this production has already been consumed. So, it just dwindles and dwindles and dwindles, until there’s only a few left. And, then the prices just exponentially go up.
View the entire video above to get a better understanding and If you have the pockets to try the bottle, make sure to get your reservations in at Del Frisco’s.
