Recent Blog Posts
- Plan Unveiled to Drastically Reduce ‘Basic Bordeaux’ 5/08/2010
- Concours Mondial du Sauvignon Launched During Bordeaux Fete le Vin 10/07/2010
- Chateau Cos d’Estournel Still Popular Among Consumers, Even at €289 and €300 a Bottle 7/07/2010
- High Prices of Bordeaux 2009 Risk Alienating US Buyers 29/06/2010
- Sales of Bordeaux 2009 Booming 28/06/2010
Press Coverage
- Far Eastern Promise The Drinks Business, 25/05/2010
- Chinese buy up French wines in New Year Spree The Scotsman, 25/05/2010
Trending
Ten most searched-for wine names*- 1. Latour2. Margaux3. Cheval Blanc4. Mouton Rothschild5. Lafite-Rothschild
- 6. Haut-Brion7. Yquem8. Lynch-Bages9. Leoville Barton10. Ausone
Short Sales of Lafite 09 Cause a Stir
Date posted: June 12, 2010
This year’s short selling of Chateau Lafite 2009 on Liv-ex has angered some buyers, while others tend to see it as inevitable and even vital for pricing.
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Bordeaux 2009 Campaign Intensifies
Date posted: June 11, 2010
Merchants are waiting to discover what allocations of the top wines they will receive, and what the prices will be. Read full story...
Bordeaux 2009 – En Primeur Wines Worth Investing In?
Date posted: February 16, 2010
In August last year, there was a lot of speculation about the quality of the 2009 vintage. Growers claimed that the near perfect weather conditions would result in a vintage that would rival that of 2005, which was hyped as the “vintage of the century.” Read full story...
Bordeaux fine wines – why so expensive?
Date posted: November 19, 2009
As referenced in an earlier update, in 1985 a single bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite wine was sold for an astonishing £105,000.
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Liv-ex indices rising, led by Lafite
Date posted: September 8, 2009
Just a few years ago, fine wines investment was considered a niche market, with very few investors. However, the global financial meltdown has seen more investors scrambling to find safer investment opportunities and, in the process, have started investing more heavily in fine wines. Many sceptics thought that this wouldn’t last. But in an unexpected development, fine wines have continued to outperform stock indices in both the UK and the US. Read full story...
Market Movements
Ten best performers- 1. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +39%
- 2. Pin (1985) £18000.00 +33%
- 3. DRC, Tache (2000) £968.14 +33%
- 4. Lafleur (2002) £2495.00 +28%
- 5. Pichon Baron (1998) £766.59 +27%
- 6. DRC, Romanee Conti (2004) £4927.50 +26%
- 7. DRC, Romanee St Vivant (1998) £452.80 +25%
- 8. Petrus (1988) £13304.17 +23%
- 9. DRC, Romanee Conti (1993) £5798.98 +22%
- 10. Petrus (1985) £11800.00 +21%
- 1. Ducru Beaucaillou (1983) £1154.62 +65%
- 2. Suduiraut (1997) £559.10 +51%
- 3. Rieussec (1989) £780.00 +49%
- 4. Ausone (1986) £2400.00 +48%
- 5. Lafite Rothschild (1996) £6437.50 +43%
- 6. DRC, Romanee Conti (2004) £4927.50 +41%
- 7. Latour (2008) £6384.41 +33%
- 8. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +32%
- 9. Pontet Canet (1990) £1077.65 +31%
- 10. Dom Perignon (1999) £582.60 +31%
- 1. Ausone (1986) £2400.00 +48%
- 2. Ausone (1988) £2062.93 +2%
- 3. Petrus (1989) £34638.70 +2%
- 4. Latour (1998) £3801.00 +32%
- 5. Ducru Beaucaillou (1983) £1154.62 +65%
- 6. Latour (2008) £6384.41 +33%
- 7. Margaux (2008) £4397.97 +21%
- 8. Lafite Rothschild (2008) £8973.21 +8%
- 9. Carruades de Lafite (2007) £2977.00 +25%
- 10. Lafite Rothschild (2006) £7358.28 +12%
Ten worst performers
- 1. Louis Roederer Cristal (1999) £985.00 -47%
- 2. Margaux (1982) £8500.00 -30%
- 3. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -27%
- 4. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -26%
- 5. Ausone (1983) £2694.12 -21%
- 6. Pavie (2002) £913.35 -19%
- 7. Mission Haut Brion (2001) £1091.50 -18%
- 8. Cos d'Estournel (1997) £583.51 -17%
- 9. Mouton Rothschild (1996) £2997.86 -17%
- 10. Pichon Baron (1986) £888.94 -17%
- 1. Lafleur (2005) £2975.57 -71%
- 2. Louis Roederer Cristal (1999) £985.00 -47%
- 3. Climens (1996) £453.11 -42%
- 4. Ausone (1994) £1987.41 -35%
- 5. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -33%
- 6. Margaux (2000) £8500.00 -31%
- 7. Ausone (1983) £2694.12 -30%
- 8. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -29%
- 9. Petrus (1985) £11800.00 -29%
- 10. Pontet Canet (1985) £505.00 -25%
- 1. Lafleur (2005) £2975.57 -71%
- 2. Climens (1996) £453.11 -53%
- 3. Ausone (1994) £1987.41 -37%
- 4. Margaux (1990) £8583.00 -37%
- 5. Pavie (2002) £913.35 -36%
- 6. Dom Perignon (1998) £825.00 -36%
- 7. Ausone (1989) £2600.00 -35%
- 8. Ausone (1995) £4000.00 -34%
- 9. Pin (2005) £19388.81 -33%
- 10. Ausone (2003) £13500.00 -31%
Prices shown are today's Current Average List Price in GBP for a Standard In Bond case of 12x75cl OWC (unless stated otherwise) and are presented under license from Liv-ex.com
