Both the price paid for one wine barrel and the price paid for a charity barrel exceeded previous records at this festive Burgundy wine auction held at Clos de Vougeot.
60th Hospices de Nuits auction yields record results 17th March, 2021 by Lucy Shaw
The 60
th annual Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges auction, held on Sunday 14 March at Château du Clos-de-Vougeot in Burgundy, yielded record results.
The 60th auction broke new records. Photo care of Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges
As reported by
Wine Industry Advisor, the auction brought in €1,923,000, with total takings up 19% on 2020, despite coronavirus complications and a lower number of lots going under the hammer.
The well attended auction included a record-breaking lot for a barrel of Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint-Georges Cuvée Georges Faiveley, which went under the hammer for €32,000.