Bordeaux keeps the lead, Lynch-Bages 2005 top-traded
US and UK buyers both upped their purchasing, the former segment reclaiming their share of purchasing.
- Bordeaux maintained a strong lead of the market, claiming 37.4% of traded value. Burgundy’s share fell from a September average of 24.6% to 15.7% this week.
- Lynch-Bages 2005, Opus One 2023 and Cheval Blanc 2015 were the top-traded wines of the week by value.
- US and UK buyers both upped their purchasing, the former segment reclaiming their share of purchasing.
Bordeaux led the market with a 37.4% share of purchase. Lynch-Bages was the region’s top-traded wine overall; alongside the 2005 (top-traded overall), more recent vintages (2017-2022) traded actively.
Burgundy’s share fell from 18.4% last to 15.4% this – both weeks below a September average of 24.6%. Domaine de la Romanee-Conti maintained its lead, though Leflaive and Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey followed close behind.
Champagne followed in third place with 13.0% share. Salon accounted for close to a third of the region’s trade, followed by Jacques Selosse with a 12.8% share. US buyers claimed over half of the region’s purchased value.
Tuscany and Piedmont were fairly level this week by value, both claiming c.6% of trade. EU buyers led Tuscan purchasing, focusing on Sassicaia and Tignanello; UK buyers led Piedmontese purchasing, focusing largely on Giacomo Conterno.
The US’s share (largely California) rose from 7.0% last week to 9.6% this week. US buyers once again drove the region’s purchasing, accounting for a 66.2% share of its traded value.
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