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Bordeaux leads weekly trade 

  • Bordeaux trade rose to 41.8% share of the market this week. 
  • Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échezeaux 2014 was the top-traded wine. 
  • We looked at the best value vintages of Château Mouton Rothschild as the estate unveiled the new artwork for its 2020 label. 

Regional trade this week 

After a dominant performance by Champagne last week, Bordeaux was back as the leading region in the closing stages of November, accounting for 41.8% of trade. 

Burgundy, the Rhône and Piedmont also saw small increases, but it was the USA which stole the show. The region bounced back from 0.6% of total trade last week to 7.6% this week. 

It was a less active week for Champagne, which fell to 12.7% of total trade. Tuscany also dipped from 9.5% to 7.1% of the total. 

This week’s top traded 

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échezeaux 2014 and Coche-Dury Meursault 2020 were the top-traded wines this week. 

Meanwhile, Bordeaux’s overall market share was bolstered by demand for First Growths such as Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 and Château Mouton Rothschild 2019. Pomerol estate Château Nénin was the top-traded wine by volume. 

Weekly recap 

Château Mouton Rothschild was in the spotlight this week. Not only did we assess the estate’s best value vintages in the market, but the domain also revealed the artwork that will adorn its 2020 label. 

Scottish artist Peter Doig was commissioned for the piece, which ‘combines echoes of Cézanne and van Gogh’ and displays a ‘reverie on the nocturnal birth of a great wine’. 

Also published this week was a look at Jeb Dunnuck’s top 10 wines of the year and Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW’s latest assessment of the Bordeaux 2015 vintage – where she awarded six 100-point scores. 

The market continued to broaden in 2022. The number of wine labels (LWIN7s) traded on the secondary market this year rose a further 2.4% on last year’s figure

However, the number of wines identified by vintage (LWIN11s) has not matched last year’s record, falling 4.3% short. 

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