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10 of the world's most expensive bottles of wine

Ten fine wines that are too valuable for their owners to ever uncork.

Chateau Margaux Bordeaux - Wine outstrips shares as investors get the taste for liquid assets
Fine wine has withstood two US recessions and beaten a benchmark shares index over the past 13 years, according to a study by two economists. We list 10 bottles far too valuable for their owners to ever uncork. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
Screaming Eagle - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$500,000 (for charity) - Screaming Eagle Cabernet 1992
Romanee Conti - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$28,112 - Romanee-Conti DRC 1990
Penfolds Grange Hermitage - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$38,420 - Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1951: the most expensive Australian wine.
Massandra cellars - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$43,500 - Massandra 1775: the most expensive sherry.
Chateau d'Yquem 1787 - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$100,000 - Chateau d'Yquem 1787: the most expensive white wine.
Bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$114,614 - Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945
Cheval Blanc 1947 - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$135,125 - Cheval Blanc 1947
Chateau Lafite Rothschild - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$156,450 - Chateau Lafite 1787: the most expensive standard bottle of wine.
Chateau Margaux - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$225,000 – Chateau Margaux 1787: the most expensive wine never to be sold.
Heidsieck advertisement - World's top 10 most expensive bottles of wine
$275,000 – Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck: the world's most expensive Champagne.