In the United States sold the wine collection for $ 8,4 million

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Wine collection co-founder and former CEO of the American oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy Corp. Aubrey McClendon, who died in a car accident in March 2016, was sold at auction in Chicago for $ 8,4 million.

His collection consisted of more than 4600 bottles, writes Chicago Tribune.

Over a thousand participants from the 17 regions and the 42 states of the United States gathered at the auction. The most expensive lot was a set of 3 bottles of Chateau Petrus 1989, which was purchased for $ 65 725.

Of particular interest to collectors are the large bottles on 24 liters, which can accommodate 18 regular wine bottles.

McClendon was a famous collector and passionate lover of Bordeaux wines. In particular, he invested in vineyards in France and in a mobile application for choosing Delectable wine, in which you can upload a photo of the label and get a list of prices for this wine in different stores along with comments on the sommelier.

Stan Stack, director of Beau's Wine Bin & Spirit Shoppe, who initially supplied McClendon with wine and then was appointed manager of his collection, notes that the former head of Chesapeake was generous and often treated his guests to expensive wine. Without embarrassment, he opened boxes with the rarest wine, claiming that with every bottle he drank, the price tag for the rest only increased.

McClendon died in a car crash in his hometown of Oklahoma City in March 2016, and the accident could have been a suicide. The day before the incident, the US Department of Justice filed a charge with a 56-year-old businessman for colluding with another company to obtain tenders to develop deposits in Oklahoma from 2007 to 2012 a year.

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