Under the hammer at Christie’s: Bruno Giacosa

A record auction has become an overused, almost abused definition, but it is hard to find a more fitting one for the the most recent wine sales at Christie’s auction in New York, which has sold 923 lots for a total of 3.2 million euros. The number one lot, 12 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Montrachet 1990, sold for 88.000 euros, while the absolute best result for Italy was the 6 magnum lot of Bruno Giacosa, Barolo Reserve, Le Rocche del Falletto of Serralunga d’Alba 2000, which sold for 4.450 euros.