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Château Haut-Brion 1999

1999 was a good, solid year in Bordeaux, without being a standout.

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What to expect

Expect a pleasant, lighter wine that is usually best enjoyed younger.

20 of the 32 years we cover for this wine were rated higher.

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The year
Good
Last sold at auction for
$406a bottle · Christie's, Jul 2026
How hard to find
Getting scarce27 years old

Other vintages of this wine

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

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What bottles sell for

At auction, standard bottles of this vintage have sold for between $365 and $437 each, across 5 sales since June 2022.

Every sale on record15 lots, each linked to the auction house
$340$360$380$400$420$4402023202420252026USD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-06-15 · $437USD per 75 cl bottle · 2022-12-13 · $417USD per 75 cl bottle · 2024-12-19 · $365USD per 75 cl bottle · 2025-02-26 · $375USD per 75 cl bottle · 2026-07-15 · $406USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date5 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jul 2026Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · Los Angeles · lot 11072 × 75 cl$812$406
Dec 2025Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day I (sale 23766) · New York · lot 1441 × 300 cl$1,750$1,750
Apr 2025Christie'sTimeless Excellence: The Pristine Wine Collection of Jörg G. Bucherer (sale 24158) · London · lot 8212 × 75 cl≈$4,299≈$358
Apr 2025Christie'sTimeless Excellence: The Pristine Wine Collection of Jörg G. Bucherer (sale 24158) · London · lot 8112 × 75 cl≈$3,969≈$331
Feb 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 23748) · Los Angeles · lot 842 × 75 cl$750$375
Dec 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines including Vintage Icons from a West Coast Cellar and Historic Port from the Cellars of Raby Castle (sale 23100) · Los Angeles · lot 10412 × 75 cl$4,375$365
Apr 2024Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 23189) · Hong Kong · lot 1491 × 75 cl≈$382≈$382
Oct 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 21939) · London · lot 2296 × 75 cl≈$2,480≈$413
Dec 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: LA Edition (sale 20971) · Los Angeles · lot 9112 × 75 cl$5,000$417
Jun 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Exceptional Collection of Danny and Donna Arnold (sale 20968) · Los Angeles · lot 961 × 75 cl$437$437
Mar 2022Christie'sFinest & Rarest Wines Including a Collaboration with Grapes for Humanity Global Charity Foundation (sale 20967) · Los Angeles · lot 1091 × 600 cl$3,500$3,500
Dec 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits: Featuring Historic Vintages from Perrier-Jouët, Legendary Whisky from Le Clos and an Evening Sale of Treasures from a Rediscovered Chalk Cellar (sale 20064) · London · lot 5155 × 75 cl≈$2,106≈$421
Nov 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines (sale 19867) · Hong Kong · lot 60322 × 75 cl≈$956≈$478
Nov 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits (sale 20042) · Geneva · lot 4412 × 75 cl≈$8,109≈$676
May 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines (sale 20026) · Geneva · lot 1556 × 75 cl≈$2,801≈$467
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $28–$95 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $28 to $95 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

Low estimateImputed land cost: $11.34Vineyard operations: $3.31Oak barrels: $0.56Winemaking labour and cellar work: $2.50Cellar aging: $1.20Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $4.90Winery overhead: $3.00Financing over the aging period: $1.61$28 per bottleHigh estimateImputed land cost: $43.88Vineyard operations: $10.24Oak barrels: $1.61Winemaking labour and cellar work: $5.00Cellar aging: $2.96Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling: $13.40Winery overhead: $7.00Financing over the aging period: $10.89$95 per bottleImputed land costVineyard operationsOak barrelsWinemaking labour and cellar workCellar agingBottle, closure, label, case and bottlingWinery overheadFinancing over the aging periodUS$ per 75 cl bottle at the winery, before any margin, tax or transport · Corkonomics cost model

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Sources

  1. Château Haut-Brion — producer profile, The Wine Cellar Insider, 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2026. typical annual production
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