(Decanter) - Strong competition from bidders around the world saw the Geneva auction achieve more than double its pre-sale estimate, according to organiser Baghera Wines.

Around 100 bidders took part in the Henri Jayer cellar auction, held on 17 June at Domaine de Châteauvieux in Geneva, said Baghera Wines.
A final sales total of CHF34.5 million (US$34.7 million) was more than double the top-end estimate prior to the auction.

Baghera, which pitched the event as the last ex-cellar auction from the late Henri Jayer’s personal collection, had set a pre-sale high estimate of CHF13 million.
Jayer died in 2006, aged 84, and had long been considered a master of Pinot Noir in Burgundy.