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Mouton Rothschild 2000 leads trade this week

  • Château Mouton Rothschild 2000 was the most traded wine.
  • Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Riserva Monfortino 2014 traded at a new high.
  • Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne increased their weekly share of total trade.

This week’s most traded wines


Earlier this week, Château Mouton Rothschild revealed its latest artistic creation for the 2019 label, by Icelandic–Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. The 2019 has not traded since the announcement, but another vintage from the Château saw increased market demand.
The 2000, which has been the most active vintage from the estate on the secondary market overall, led this week’s top five traded wines. The wine last traded at £20,300 per 12×75, up 2.5% on its current Market Price.
Mouton 2000 trades on Liv-ex

The rest of the most active wines came from Burgundy, Champagne and Piedmont.
Giacomo Conterno, which rose from 51st to 23rd place in this year’s Power 100 rankings, enjoyed demand for its Riserva Monfortino 2014. The wine last changed hands at an all-time high of £10,068 per dozen thanks to magnum bottles trading.
Giacomo Conterno, Monfortino Riserva 2014 trades on Liv-ex

Regional trade share this week


In line with this week’s most traded wines, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne increased their share of trade (by value). The latter two also enjoyed higher level of demand month-on-month.
The 2018, 2016 and 2000 were the most active Bordeaux vintages.
Meanwhile, the US’s share more than halved, from 11.8% to 4.9%. Weekly trade for the ‘others’ was led by Australia (1.6%) and Spain (1.2%).

Weekly recap

Liv-ex members received updates on the growing market for Scotch whisky, which has now sees more trade than Chile and Portugal, as well as Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW’s 100-point wines as the critic announced her departure from The Wine Advocate after 13 years.
We also looked at the wines driving the Rhône’s price performance in 2021.
 
Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 530+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £80m of bids and offers across 16,000 wines. Independent data, direct from the market.