How much is this bottle of wine worth?
I have a 1966 Bordeaux Red Wine
Label reads:
Carruades de Chateau Lafite-Rothschild
Appellation Pauillac Controlee
Mis en Bouteilles Au Chateau
Produce of France
Shipped by: Grancru S. A. Bordeaux
Imported by Chateau & Estate Wines Company
New York N.Y.
Contents: 1 pint 8.5 Fl. Oz. Alcohol 12% by volume
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You can buy this wine retail for $125 (from Exclusive Imports, Inc in Beverly Hills CA), so it is unlikely that anyone would pay you more than that.
I appreciate that you showed ALL theinformation from the label. You wouldn’t believe how many people ask questions without given enough information.
This wine (75cl, not a half bottle) is the ’second’ label of the much morefamous and expensive Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. That is, it is made from the wine that wasn’t considered good enough for the main label.
How much the wine is actually worth really depends on ‘provenenance’ — evidence that the wine is the real thing and not a bottle of Mouton Cadet with a computer generated phony label stuck on it, or a genuine empty bottle refilled with plonk, and that it has been kept in ideal conditions for the past 40 years.
http://www.winemenu.net/List.asp?T=3&ST=42
If you wish, I could help you drink it to see if it is really worth the price. If we only have the one bottle then I will be a gentleman and bring some coors light.
Given it is in fine condition. Been stored in a cool cellar or climate controlled room laying down. The cord is still moist and not dry.
You said it’s a pint size? so it’s about 375ml?
I would say it would be worth around $200.00.
Put it on Ebay with a $1000 reserve. It wont sell ( I guess) and you will know exactly what it is worth on the open market.