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Is Lafite the best-performing asset of the noughties?
Is a case of 1982 Lafite Rothschild the best-performing asset of the last decade? A 12-bottle case of 1982 Lafite Rothschild has increased in price by 857% over the last ten years, from £2,613 to £25,000.
The best-performing equity on the LSE (British American Tobacco) increased in price 454% over the same period, while gold prices are up 297%.Overall, fine wine has proved itself one ...
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The Story
The Château Lafite estate run by the Rothschilds is, with its 100 hectares of cultivated land, the largest of the main Pauillac vineyards.
It is located in the highest part of the area and the view from its château, with its conical towers that appear on the label, takes in the banks of the River Gironde, which flows nearby. The wines are a blend of four different varieties of grape – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petite Verdot and Cabernet F...
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Vintage: 1982 Bordeaux / James Suckling
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the wine world as well as changed my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed how gorgeous the quality of a young red could be from barrel.
I remember the first barrel samples I tasted during the summer of 1983 at Chateau Prieure-Lichine with the late wine auth...
Vintage 1982
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the wine world as well as changed my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed how gorgeous the quality of a young red could be from barrel.
I remember the first barrel samples I tasted during the summer of 1983 at Chateau Prieure-Lichine with the late wine author and vintner Alexis Lichine. The wines ...
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2023 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | 1995 |
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2 150€ +8.6% | 1 980€ -12.0% | 2 250€ -13.1% | 2 590€ +3.6% | 2 501€ +19.2% | 2 099€ -21.8% | 2 683€ -2.2% | 2 743€ -0.4% | 2 754€ -19.3% | 3 411€ +58.7% | 2 150€ +305.7% | 530€ +70.4% | 311€ +32.9% | 234€ |