It is a Paris landmark and one of the oldest restaurants in France. 18,000 bottles of wine and spirits from the cellars of La Tour D’Argent are going on sale for the first time ever on December 7 and 8.

The wine cellar of the Left Bank restaurant is a part of its history. A sign marks the spot where a brick wall was built in 1940 to hide the best bottles during the Nazi occupation in World War II.

Estimated prices at the Dec. 7-8 sale by French auctioneer Piasa start at 10 euros a bottle and go up to 2,500-3,000 euros for each 1788 Cognac, one of which will go to charity.

Among wines on sale are Chateau Lafite Rothschild (1970, 1982, 1997), Cheval Blanc (1928, 1949, 1966) and Chateau Margaux (1970, 1990). The total sale is expected to bring in around 1 million euros. Buyers can rest assured the bottles aren’t counterfeit – a major problem in the industry – because the restaurant bought them directly from vintners.

Longtime owner Claude Terrail died in 2006, and his 29-year-old son André now runs the restaurant, where a prix-fixe lunch menu costs 65 euros and a tasting menu at dinner goes for 160 euros.

A LUXE TV tour of La Tour D’Argent