‘King of Champagnes’ bought in UK bar for 35k pounds!

LONDON - At 35000 pounds, a vintage Dom Perignon has become the most expensive bottle of champagne ever sold in a British bar.

Dubbed the ‘King of Champagnes’, the methuselah of 1996 Rosi Gold was sold at a top London hotel, reports The Telegraph.

A receipt from London’s posh Westbury Hotel shows the drinker paid a 4,375-pound service charge and left a 10,625-pound tip.

That puts the total bill for the bottle at 50,000 pounds.

The buyer, thought to be a Russian billionaire, spilled at least three glasses within minutes of the purchase on Tuesday.

Elias Yiallouri, the bar manager, refused to reveal the buyer’s identity.

But he said: “Dom Perignon is famed for being the ‘first’ or ’stars’ Champagne’, but Rosi Gold is the finest of all its brands - the champagne of kings.

“The 1996 vintage is regarded as one of the finest in the 20th-Century and with only 35 bottles produced per year, its incredibly rare and sought-after.

“Each bottle is like a piece of fine art - stunningly beautiful, extremely valuable and highly collectable.”

The Rose Gold methuselah - the equivalent to eight standard-sized bottles - is produced by French winery Mokt et Chandon and is prized for its “excellence and elegance”.

The bottle itself has a metal casing dipped in rose gold, and is worth almost 20,000 pounds alone. (ANI)