Not sure about a nice merlot, but if you want a nice white I reccomend a 1947 French Cheval-Blanc white wine, really get your monies worth being a 6ltr bottle & only costs $A309,828 a bottle lol
French wine sells for $300k at auction
A rare six-litre bottle of 1947 French Cheval-Blanc white wine was sold to a private collector at $US304,375 ($A309,828), marking a world record price for a single bottle, Christie's said on Tuesday.
"We are absolutely thrilled with the result achieved by the bottle of the mythical Cheval-Blanc 1947 wine, which was sold for 304,375 US dollars against an estimate of 150,000 to 250,000 dollars to an anonymous collector," said Michael Ganne, an expert at the auctioneer's wine department.
"Probably the only known existing 'imperial' of this wonderful Bordeaux, it sets a new world record price for a bottle of wine at auction," he added.
An 'imperial' is a six-litre bottle.
According to the expert, who has had the pleasure of tasting the much coveted Saint-Emilion vintage, it was "without doubt one of greatest Bordeaux of all time, not only for its rare quality but also by its longevity, in the sense that it could be kept for another 50 years".
The wine was put under the hammer by a Swiss collector, and had been rebottled by Chateau Cheval Blanc.
Around 1,000 bottles of fine wines are to be sold during the day, with the auction house hoping to reap some $US3.6 million ($A3.66 million) in total from the sale.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/8333115/french-wine-sells-for-300k-at-auction/
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