Cru Wine Investment talks to Drinks Business on Bordeaux 2005 vintage

Over the near-decade since 2005 en primeur prices were released, the biggest price leap has been seen by the second wines of Médoc first growths, especially Carruades de Lafite, which has made early investors a 469% return.

Noting the “brand spill-over effect” driving this performance, CWI managing director Gregory Swartberg told the drinks business: “a buyer is essentially acquiring a wine from a famous châteaux but for a large discount.” As a result, he remarked: “The demand for these wines is still high in Asia. As long as these châteaux price their second wines right, the demand will be around the same level.”

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