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Château Margaux 1998

1998 was a very good year in Bordeaux: reliable and well liked.

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Château Margaux in Bordeaux, France
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What to expect

Expect a good, dependable wine, often ready a little sooner than the greatest years.

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

A decanter and a glass of red wine on a white tablecloth in a panelled dining room
The year
Very Good
Last sold at auction for
≈$386a bottle · Christie's, Apr 2025
How hard to find
Getting scarce28 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 ≈$378 and ≈$413 each, across 6 sales since November 2023.

Every sale on record13 lots, each linked to the auction house
$370$380$390$400$410$42020242025GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2023-11-30 · $413GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2024-10-21 · $378GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-28 · $386GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-29 · $386GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-29 · $386GBP per 75 cl bottle · 2025-04-29 · $386USD per bottle: lot price ÷ bottles in the lotSale date6 lots of 75 cl bottles sold in USD at Christie's · prices as published by each house · ≈ converted to USD at the 9 Oct 2026 rate
Sale dateHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Sep 2026Sotheby'sFinest & Rarest Wines (PF2662) · Paris · lot 486 × 75 cl≈$2,798≈$466
Feb 2026Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting Part II (sale 24460) · Hong Kong · lot 361 × 150 cl≈$1,035≈$1,035
Apr 2025Christie'sTimeless Excellence: The Pristine Wine Collection of Jörg G. Bucherer (sale 24158) · London · lot 6612 × 75 cl≈$4,630≈$386
Apr 2025Christie'sTimeless Excellence: The Pristine Wine Collection of Jörg G. Bucherer (sale 24158) · London · lot 6512 × 75 cl≈$4,630≈$386
Apr 2025Christie'sTimeless Excellence: The Pristine Wine Collection of Jörg G. Bucherer (sale 24158) · London · lot 6412 × 75 cl≈$4,630≈$386
Apr 2025Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 23891) · London · lot 75412 × 75 cl≈$4,630≈$386
Oct 2024Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 23031) · London · lot 177 × 75 cl≈$2,646≈$378
Nov 2023Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines & Spirits, Featuring Champagne Lanson and 40th Jubilee Wines Direct from the Cellars of Domaine de Chevalier (sale 21941) · London · lot 6412 × 75 cl≈$4,961≈$413
Apr 2023Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Ruan Collection (sale 22062) · Los Angeles · lot 3812 × 75 cl$6,250$521
Jun 2022Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: Featuring the Exceptional Collection of Danny and Donna Arnold (sale 20968) · Los Angeles · lot 726 × 75 cl$2,750$458
Dec 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines Online (sale 21178) · Hong Kong · lot 2802 × 75 cl≈$956≈$478
May 2021Christie'sFine and Rare Wines (sale 20026) · Geneva · lot 21112 × 75 cl≈$7,078≈$590
Mar 2021Christie'sFinest and Rarest Wines and Spirits Featuring A Superlative Private Collection (sale 19854) · Hong Kong · lot 4012 × 75 cl≈$6,053≈$504
 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. The wines, Château Margaux, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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