FINE WINE PRICE INDICES
AUGUST 2021
Date : August 1, 2021
Since the beginning of the year, Bordeaux is up +9%, Rhône +10% and Burgundy +15%!
- Bordeaux
- WD Bordeaux 100, the biggest market index available for Bordeaux wines (100 wines, 14 vintages, 1.8 billion€), rose 1.2% in May 2021 and 4.7% since the beginning on the year.
- The record for the WD Bordeaux 100 index of February 2020 (1,698 M€) has almost been reached.
- All the vintages have increased in 2021, especially 2005 (+6.2%) et 2009 (+7.1%).
- Burgundy: although more disparate and despite a slight decline in the DRC index, Burgundy is also on the rise in 2021, up 7%.
- Rhone: the Rhone index (235.2) is up 1.4% over 1 month and close to the December 2018 record (239.3).
- The great wines of Italy and California have followed the same upward trend since the beginning of the year with respective increases of 5.9% and 4%.
Bordeaux
| Bordeaux market indices | Previous month |
Current Value (€M) |
Max (M€) | 2 month |
YTD | 1 year | 3 years (per yr) |
5 years (per yr) |
10 years (per yr) |
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| WD Bordeaux 90 | 1025 | 1068 | 1068 | 4.2% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 2.0% | |
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| WD Bordeaux 1CC (10 wines) | 669 | 702 | 730 | 4.9% | 11.3% | 11.6% | 2.2% | 4.6% | -0.4% | |
| WD Bordeaux 100 | 1694 | 1770 | 1770 | 4.5% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 1.0% | |
| GBP/EUR | 1.164 | 1.172 | 1 | 0.7% | 5.4% | 5.7% | 1.3% | -2.3% | -0.5% | |
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| WD Bordeaux 100* price indices per vintage | Previous month |
Current Value (€M) |
Max (M€) | 2 month |
YTD | 1 year | 3 years (per yr) |
5 years (per yr) |
Primeurs** (per yr) |
Offers (k€) |
| 2003 | 1816 | 1927 | 1927 | 6.1% | 8.6% | 10.9% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 6.9% | 9753 |
| 2004 | 1538 | 1612 | 1612 | 4.8% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 2.2% | 4.2% | 7.9% | 5462 |
| 2005 | 2266 | 2377 | 2377 | 4.9% | 11.4% | 13.3% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 5.2% | 27315 |
| 2006 | 1641 | 1702 | 1702 | 3.7% | 8.5% | 9.9% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 15536 |
| 2007 | 1501 | 1554 | 1554 | 3.5% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 8251 |
| 2008 | 1624 | 1682 | 1682 | 3.6% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 8.2% | 8434 |
| 2009 | 2359 | 2460 | 2460 | 4.3% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 25980 |
| 2010 | 2277 | 2355 | 2355 | 3.4% | 8.7% | 11.9% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 26964 |
| 2011 | 1445 | 1495 | 1495 | 3.5% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 14116 |
| 2012 | 1446 | 1501 | 1501 | 3.8% | 8.6% | 10.4% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 14810 |
| 2013 | 1324 | 1386 | 1386 | 4.7% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 9272 |
| 2014 | 1415 | 1477 | 1477 | 4.4% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 3.3% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 21355 |
| 2015 | 1876 | 1958 | 1958 | 4.4% | 10.3% | 11.9% | 0.6% | 8.2% | 39638 | |
| 2016 | 1870 | 1967 | 1967 | 5.2% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 3.2% | 6.8% | 47518 | |
| 2017 | 1425 | 1483 | 1513 | 4.1% | 6.6% | 3.2% | 4.3% | 35233 | ||
| 2018 | 1895 | 1994 | 1994 | 5.2% | 11.2% | 16.1% | 14.6% | 45441 | ||
| 2003-2018 Bordeaux price index*** | 1818 | 1901 | 1904 | 4.6% | 9.6% | 10.7% | 309637 | |||
* 100: Château Latour et Les forts de Latour are not included in our indices per vintage
BURGUNDY, RHONE and CHAMPAGNE |
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| Region / market indices | Previous month (€) |
Current value (€) |
Max value (€) | 2 month |
YTD | 1 year | 3 years (per yr) | 5 years (per yr) | ||
| Burgundy 1er crus (165 wines) | 148.6 | 157.4 | 157.4 | 5.9% | 15.3% | 14.2% | 7.7% | 9.2% | ||
| Burgundy Grands Crus (178 wines) | 254 | 269 | 269 | 5.9% | 11.2% | 9.3% | 6.7% | 7.8% | ||
| Burgundy DRC (12 bt case, 6 wines) | 27064 | 31010 | 31010 | 14.6% | 21.0% | 14.0% | 6.7% | 11.8% | ||
| Burgundy top Grands Crus (24 wines) | 1245.7 | 1364.1 | 1364.1 | 9.5% | 18.2% | 10.1% | 6.5% | 11.6% | ||
| Rhône (13 great wines) | 235.2 | 245 | 245 | 4.2% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 1.6% | 3.2% | ||
| Champagne NV (37 wines) | 26.22 | 27.84 | 27.84 | 6.2% | 5.8% | 7.5% | 1.6% | 1.7% | ||
| California (21 wines) | 323 | 354.2 | 358.7 | 9.7% | 16.1% | 11.7% | -0.4% | 3.8% | ||
| Italy (33 wines) | 163.7 | 172.6 | 172.6 | 5.4% | 9.7% | 12.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% | ||
ExplAnations
WD 90 Bordeaux market index is based on the market price average (in euro) of the top 90 wines of Bordeaux. First growth Bordeaux are not included. The last 14 available vintages of each wine at any given date are included in the index calculation.
WD Bordeaux 1CC market index 1CC index is based on the market price average (in euro) of the 10 first growth (or equivalent) of Bordeaux (Angélus, Ausone, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion, Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild, Pavie, Petrus). The last 14 available vintages of each wine at any given date are included in the index calculation.
For example, the WD Burgundy 1er Cru index represents the evolution of the average value of 165 Burgundy crus.
The last 14 available vintages of each wine at any given date are included in the index calculation.
=> The list of wines included in each index