At a glance
- What: a French private cellar of 900 bottles, including 465 bottles from Domaine Coche-Dury, offered by Maurice Auction.
- When: online sale closing on Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 2 pm (Paris time); bidding on the auction house’s website and on Drouot Online.
- How much: from 200 to 11,000 euros per Coche-Dury lot; up to 4,500 to 6,800 euros for a single bottle of 2010 Corton-Charlemagne.
- Fees: a buyer’s premium of 25% excluding VAT, or 30% including VAT, is added to the hammer price; estimates exclude fees.
- The catalogue: 189 lots, including 97 Coche-Dury lots arranged as verticals, from 1995 to 2017.
On 24 November 2026, the Paris auction house Maurice Auction will sell online the cellar of a French wine lover, with 465 bottles from Domaine Coche-Dury spread across 97 lots. Corton-Charlemagne and Meursault verticals, official estimates, fees and terms of the sale.
A 900-bottle cellar built over decades
The sale is titled “Coche-Dury in Majesty: Unveiled Treasures from a French Private Cellar”. According to Maurice Auction, the cellar was assembled over several decades by a passionate collector and is coming to auction for the first time. The auction house states that the wines were bought directly from the estate and have never been moved since. The seller is not named. The online catalogue lists 189 lots, with Burgundy at its heart.
Corton-Charlemagne, from 2005 to 2016
The 97 Coche-Dury lots, numbered 11 to 108, read like a series of verticals. The Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru runs without a break from 2005 to 2016, in lots of one or two bottles. Based on the estimates, it is the most expensive wine in the sale per bottle : the 2010, a single bottle, is estimated at 4,500 to 6,800 euros, and the pairs of 2009, 2011 and 2012 at 6,500 to 9,500 euros each. For comparison, see our ranking of the world’s most expensive wines and spirits (in French).
Perrières and Genevrières in long runs
Among the Meursault premiers crus, the Meursault-Perrières starts with a 1996, then runs from 2006 to 2016, without the 2015. The five-bottle lots of 2008 and 2009 carry the highest estimate in the sale, 7,500 to 11,000 euros each. The Meursault-Genevrières covers 2009 to 2017; the five-bottle lot of 2009 is estimated at 6,000 to 9,000 euros. Meursault Les Rougeots and Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères complete the range.
Over 250 bottles of Meursault, 1995 to 2017
According to the auction house, the heart of the collection is more than 250 bottles of village Meursault, from 1995 to 2017, spread across 38 lots. The twelve-bottle lots of 2007 and 2012 are estimated at 7,200 to 11,000 euros. The 1995, the oldest vintage, is offered as three bottles estimated at 2,200 to 3,500 euros. The lot notes describe the condition of each lot: bin-soiled labels, some damaged, with fill levels from 0.5 cm for the 2008 Perrières to 2 or 3 cm for this 1995 Meursault.
Lafon, Dauvissat, Chave and Clos Rougeard
Comtes Lafon is represented by Meursault from 1990 to 2010, and Vincent Dauvissat by Chablis Séchet, La Forest, Les Clos and Les Preuses. The catalogue also includes Arlaud, Anne Gros, Emmanuel Rouget, Benoît Ente, Guffens-Heynen and the white Hermitage of Jean-Louis Chave. Clos Rougeard lines up 74 bottles of Brézé, Les Poyeux and Le Bourg, including ten bottles of Poyeux 2008 estimated at 1,700 to 2,500 euros. The sale opens with two Ulysse Collin champagnes; compare with the ranking of the world’s most expensive champagnes (in French).
What will a lot cost, fees included?
Catalogue estimates exclude fees. The buyer will pay an extra 25% of the hammer price excluding VAT, or 30% including VAT : a lot hammered at 10,000 euros will therefore cost 13,000 euros. Added together, the estimates for the 97 Coche-Dury lots range from 353,880 to 530,450 euros, and those for the whole sale from about 409,000 to 613,000 euros. The lots, stored at Winesitting in Chilly-Mazarin (Essonne, south of Paris), can be collected by appointment after payment. The sale is conducted by auctioneer Marie-Laurence Tixier, co-founder of Maurice Auction, with wine specialist Agathe de Saint Ceran.
Maurice Auction, a house founded in 2022
Maurice Auction was founded in Paris in 2022 by two auctioneers, Salomé Pirson and Marie-Laurence Tixier. Its name pays tribute to the auctioneer and Académie française member Maurice Rheims. The house covers luxury goods, jewellery and watches, design, modern and contemporary art, as well as wines and spirits. For Burgundy’s all-time auction records, see also the price of the 1945 Romanée-Conti (in French).
| Sale | Coche-Dury in Majesty: Unveiled Treasures from a French Private Cellar |
| Auction house | Maurice Auction, Paris |
| Date | Tuesday 24 November 2026, closing at 2 pm (Paris time) |
| Format | online sale (mauriceauction.com and Drouot Online) |
| Provenance | French private cellar, wines bought from the estate according to the auction house |
| Collection | 900 bottles announced, 189 lots in the catalogue |
| Coche-Dury | 465 bottles in 97 lots (lots 11 to 108) |
| Verticals | Corton-Charlemagne 2005 to 2016, Perrières 1996 and 2006 to 2016, Genevrières 2009 to 2017, Meursault 1995 to 2017 |
| Highest estimate | 7,500 to 11,000 euros (Meursault-Perrières 2008 and 2009, five bottles) |
| Buyer’s premium | 25% excluding VAT, or 30% including VAT, on top of the hammer price |
| Expert | Agathe de Saint Ceran |
Information checked on 9 November 2026. Sources: sale page, Maurice Auction, online catalogue and lot notes, Maurice Auction, about the auction house, Maurice Auction.
