Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection Sells for £147,333

Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection Sells for £147,333

A collection of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Champagnes spanning almost a century from 2004 to 1914 sold at auction at Sotheby’s London this morning for £147,333.

The sale was part of a never-before-seen selection of 74 lots including 270 bottles in honour of Moët & Chandon’s 270th anniversary, plus 174 magnums and 3 jeroboams to celebrate the house’s foundation in 1743.

Highlights of this morning’s auction included:
3 lots of 2 bottles of Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection 1914, est. £4,800 - £6,000 per lot, sold for a top price of £10,340 for one lot: £24,910 for the three lots combined

3 lots of 2 bottles Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection 1921, est. £4,000-5,200 per lot, sold for £8,813 per 2 bottles

3 lots of 1 bottle Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection 1928, est. £1,800-2,400 per lot, 3 bottles on offer in total, sold for £5,405 each

Moët & Chandon Chef de Cave Benoît Gouez and Sotheby’s International Head of Wine Serena Sutcliffe MW worked together to hand pick the vintages offered at the sale.

“This is the first time I’ve put together such a selection,” explains Gouez. “I want to show that great vintage Champagnes are also great wines and the fact that there has been so much interest in this auction show that more and more collectors understand this.”

Serena Sutcliffe MW comments, “This is the first time that any of these Champagnes have left the perfect storage conditions of Moët’s cellars, which is absolutely first class provenance. The Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection 1914 is an extraordinary Champagne, both historic and glorious in taste and we are thrilled the price reflected the brilliance of the wine.”
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