Recent trading activity
Bordeaux led weekend activity, accounting for 37.3% of trade. Château Lafite Rothschild was the most-traded wine, with trades for its 2009 and 2019 vintages.
Burgundy represented 22.5% of the weekend’s trade, with Coche-Dury’s Corton-Charlemagne 2015 being the most high value wine traded.
It was a relatively quiet weekend for Champagne which accounted for 6.7% of trade.
Sassicaia 2012’s market performance
After Bordeaux and Burgundy, the two most-traded regions this weekend were Tuscany (9.4%) and California (8.0%).
In both instances it was the 2016 and 2012 vintages of Sassicaia and Promontory that saw the most activity. Promontory 2012 traded at an all-time high but overall, the wines haven’t seen the same price performance as those from Sassicaia.
Year-to-date, Promontory 2016 and 2012 have fallen in value by 29.9% and 2.0% respectively. Meanwhile, the Sassicaia vintages have risen 17.9% (2016) and 15.8% (2012).
Despite being one of the estate’s weaker recent vintages, the 2012 has an active secondary market – an example of Sassicaia’s rising brand power.
It was scored just 92-points by the Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner and 94+ by Antonio Galloni for Vinous. The 2016, by contrast was rated 100-points by Larner.
Nonetheless, it has risen in value 112.9% since its release to a Market Price of £2,490 (12×75) – which is more than the 2018 (£2,476), the estate’s second most-traded wine so far this year.
Opportunities to buy Italian and Californian wine
There are 1,300 LIVE bids and offers on Tuscan wines at present and 270 for wines from Napa Valley.
Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 600 merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £80m of bids and offers across 16,000 wines. Independent data, direct from the market.
