A rare six-litre bottle of 1947 French ‘Cheval-Blanc’ white wine was sold to a private collector at 304,375 dollars, marking a world record price for a single bottle, Christie’s said.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the result achieved by the bottle of the mythical Cheval-Blanc 1947 wine, which was sold for $304,375 against an estimate of $150,000 to $250,000 to an anonymous collector,” said Michael Ganne, an expert at the auctioneer’s wine department.

“Probably the only known existing ‘imperial’ of this wonderful Bordeaux, it sets a new world record price for a bottle of wine at auction,” he added.

An ‘imperial’ is a six-litre bottle.