Tour d ' Argent wine and liquors auctionHandout photo of a bottle of Chateau Petrus , Pomerol vintage 1975 , with an expected sale price of 1000 euros , part of the ' La Tour d ' Argent ' restaurant ' s 18 , 000 bottles of wines and other spirits to be auctioned in Paris , France , 07 December 2009 . Financial considerations have prompted the two days auction , the first one since the restaurant opened in 1582 . The auction ' s most expensive bottles date from just one year before the French Revolution are the three Cognac Clos de Griffier bottles , whose price has been estimated to be 2 , 500 to 3 , 000 euros , or USD 3 , 700 to 4 , 500 , each , and the most expensive wine for sale will be a bottle of Corton , a red Burgundy , vintage 1895 , its label blurred with mold and its price estimated at 1 , 000 ( USD 1 , 488 ) to 1 , 200 euros ( USD 1 , 786 ) . The restaurant expects to raise one millon euros . EPA / PIASA / HO HANDOUT --- EDITORIAL USE ONLY < 뉴스 의 새 시대 , 연합뉴스 Live > < 연합뉴스 폰 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >