The 10 most expensive wines and spirits sold by Christie's in 2018

• Christie's sold its most expensive spirit lot this year with a single bottle of 60-year-old whiskey that went for more than $1.5 million.
• Six of the top 10 most expensive lots on this list were French wines, while the other four were rare and antique whiskeys.
• Half of the lots on this list were sold in a single auction in London, the most successful wine and spirits sale for the auctioneer in 20 years.

This past year, auction house Christie's sold a bottle of whiskey that is worth more than seven times as much as the average American house.

In fact, it even broke a world record for the most expensive scotch to ever be auctioned off.

Nearly $3.3 million of the auction house's total sales in 2018 came from just 10 high-valued alcohol lots alone.

Here's a look at the most expensive wines and spirits Christie's has sold globally in the past year, ranked in ascending order.