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Bordeaux 2012: Duhart Milon, Alter Ego and Carruades
Duhart Milon, Carruades de Lafite and Alter Ego de Palmer are the latest releases as the Bordeaux 2012 en primeur campaign starts to pick up. Pauillac property Duhart Milon was released late yesterday...
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Lafite brands drop to 2010 levels
Since their 2011 peak, Lafite and others in the Rothschild stable have dropped back to their 2010 levels, prices falling over 40% in the process. According to Liv-ex, Lafite, its second wine Carruades...
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05 Bordeaux prices slipping
There has been a substantial price drop for some Bordeaux 2005s since 2011, with many trading well below their peak. Liv-ex has examined some of the leading Bordeaux labels and found that there have...
View ArticleTop 10 most disappointing wines of Bordeaux 2013
The top 10 most disappointing wines of the Bordeaux 2013 vintage as chosen by the trade for Liv-ex’s survey.
View ArticleCan Parker halt 2005 Bordeaux slide?
A wine investment firm has tracked the varied fortunes of 2005 Bordeaux and, with Robert Parker set to revisit the vintage, considers the impact of any upward re-evaluation.
View ArticleTop 10 estates for en primeur returns
db rounds up the 10 best Bordeaux estates for en primeur returns on average from the last 10 years.
View ArticleSeconds on the move
Most vintages from the first growth and super second sectors have firmed up nicely of late, and the 'second' wines of the firsts in particular have been motoring.
View ArticleBordeaux 2016: a Carruades to root for?
The second wine of Château Lafite put in a late appearance yesterday afternoon, was it at a price buyers could get behind?
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Second wines climbing ever higher
The on-going success of the first growths’ second labels in the secondary market means that prices for Carruades & co are starting to exceed the en primeur prices of their parent wines.
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Bordeaux 2017: Is Carruades’ release ambitious or just right?
After a slight slowdown in releases following various May bank holidays in France and the UK, there was a surprise release from a Bordeaux first growth this week.
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Pontet Canet’s price rise pays off
Pontet Canet defied price sceptics to hold second place for Liv-ex's most traded 2010s by volume and value, and Carruades de Lafite was not far behind.
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Staff mistakenly sell Lafite grand vin as second label
A sales employee in China made a costly mistake after selling a bottle of Château Lafite Rothschild grand vin as its much cheaper second wine ‘Carruades de Lafite’ to a customer, with the grand vin...
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Chinese wine merchant sentenced over smuggled wines
The Higher People’s Court in Guangdong province has handed down a four-year and six-month sentencing to a wine merchant for knowingly purchasing smuggled wines worth about RMB 5.74 million...
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Bordeaux 2018: ‘The most obvious buys of the campaign’
The release of Lafite and second wine Carruades de Lafite represent the “most obvious buys of the campaign” though getting hold of some might be hard. Lafite is the last of the first growths to release...
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