For 100 points TBA from Gut Hermannsberg the hammer falls at 13.245 Euro
"Kabinettstückchen" by Egon Müller rise from 30 to 180 Euro
This year's wine auction weekend of the Prädikatsweingüter ended on September 17 with a dream result. As early as on Friday, at the traditional wine auction of the VDP.Mosel in Trier, 1.24 million euro were raised for the 12,000 bottles offered from current vintages, which corresponds to an average price of 103 euro per bottle. On the Nahe, 5,162 bottles worth 936,967 euro found their lovers. Bids from wine fans from all over the world came in.
The 130th predicate wine auction in Trier / Mosel also brings superlatives.
Thomas Haag from the VDP.Weingut Schloss Lieser was satisfied with the increase result. A 6 ltr Methusalem bottle DOCTOR Riesling Spätlese went to a bidder for 3,623.55 euro. After 2015, Egon Müller was again happy about a new world record. His 2016 Scharzhofberger "Alte Reben" went down in auction history as the most expensive Riesling Kabinett. Called for 30 euro, the 1,200 bottles were auctioned for 180 euro each. This once again shows the renaissance the classic Kabinett, which is appreciated for its elegance, discreet residual sweetness and a relatively low alcohol content, is currently experiencing.
Auction with drum roll applause in the Römerhalle Bad Kreuznach
The crowd for the autumn auction of the VDP.Nahe was big. About 200 international guests followed the top wine auction from 4 VDP.regions. 34 positions were auctioned on the Nahe, the majority from the cellars of the hosts, the Ahr contributed best Spätburgunder lots and VDP.colleagues from Rheinhessen and the Pfalz completed the Riesling auction offer.
One wine had already caused a lot of interest among the bidders before the auction. The former wine domain Gut Hermannsberg put a 2015 KUPFERGRUBE Riesling TBA up for auction, which the renowned Wine Advocate had already decorated with 100 points. The only freely sellable bottles of this wine went under the hammer that day: 6 x 0.375 l and one 1.5 l magnum bottle. For the latter, the hammer fell at a sensational 13,245 euros.
Some highlights of the Nahe auction (results incl. VAT and fees):
Ahr: Weingut Jean Stodden achieved a unit price of 200€ for 156 bottles of 2015 MÖNCHBERG Spätburgunder GG.
Rheinhessen: Price records in the respective category were achieved by Weingut Keller. There were 369 bottles of 2014 MORSTEIN Spätburgunder GG "Felix" auctioned for 687&euro each; and 474 bottles of 2016 HIPPING Riesling Kabinett for 194&euro each;.
Winery Wittmann wowed with its 2016 Riesling Alte Reben "La Borne". 612 bottles were increased at 156<x>ampersand</x>euro; each.
Pfalz: Christmann Winery successfully auctioned 285 bottles of its 2016 ÖLBERG-HART Riesling GG "Kapelle". It thus achieved 94<x>ampersand</x>euro; per bottle.
Nearby: Weingut Emrich-Schönleber scored 287€ each for 228 magnum bottles (1.5 liters) of 2016 AUF DER LEY Riesling GG.
Background: The VDP.Prädikatsweingüter were founded in 1910 as the Association of German Natural Wine Auctioneers. For over 100 years, on the occasion of the annual auctions, the appreciation for the new top wine vintage in Germany has been tested and fixed in the truest sense of the word. The VDP.Auctions - A gauge for the market importance of German top wines
