The region’s appeal continues apace, with cult domaines still the auction stars. But affording them will be even harder following the frost-hit 2016 vintage
EXPERTS BELIEVE THE ‘relentless rise’ of Burgundy shows no signs of abating, but lower yields in 2016 (see p18) could make it even harder for investors to acquire the most renowned names.
‘While 2016 was dominated by a long-awaited bounce in Bordeaux sales, the star of 2017 was undoubtedly Burgundy,’ said Liv-ex director, Justin Gibbs. Burgundy’s share of trade on the Liv-ex platform rose from 8% in 2016 to 12.5% in 2017.
Predictably, fine-wine heavyweight Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) leads the way, consistently among the top lots in wine auctions worldwide.
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