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The Rose wines from the Château d’Esclans

guru — Thu, 22 May 2014 05:00:45 +0000

The Château d’Esclans domain is an exceptional site, extending itself on a hillside near to the Pennafort gorges in the Var region. The château is inspired from the grand villas of the Tuscany countryside; it was built in the middle of the nineteenth century and bought by Sacha Lichine in 2006. This wine producer of Russian origins, past owner in the Margaux area, of the Château Prieuré-Lichine, has decided to produce high level classified rose wines in the Côtes de Provence denomination. Within the domain, the main grape variety is the Grenache, followed by the Rolle and completed by Cinsault, Merlot, Mouvèdre, Syrah and Tibouren. Some of the vines are 90 years old of age for the oldest ones. Ancient Grenache vines and their grapes posses a great concentration of aromas. 80% are harvested by hand, the reason being a qualitative one; the most elaborate cuvees, Garrus and Les Clans, are matured in oak casks.

The two upscale cuvées of the Château d’Esclans are “Les Clans” and “Garrus“. These rosé wines are the most emblematic ones; they are very sophisticated, particularly delicate, close to perfection. They are wine with a beautiful intensity, limpid, with real tannins and a solid constitution, a beautiful length in mouth, leading off to complex notes of fruits and profound aromas.

The 2011, 2012 vintages have to be drunk now, or in five years, as an aperitif or accompanying a starter or main dish or a desert.

Rose wines are finally being recognized for their real value, they can now be considered as worthy of being Grand crus…

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Price increases in French wines.

guru — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 07:00:10 +0000

Many of you have probably noticed that the price of French wines, labeled “premier crus” and “Grand crus” had notably increased in the last 6 to 8 months. We shall through this article the reasons for this rise in price, the consequences that this will have on the market, and how to benefit from this strong price hike.
Lets put aside the Bordeaux region for the time being and lets concentrate on the Burgundy area, a region where the price increase has been remarkable over the last 6 months, showing an increase of up to 30%!
The primary and upmost reason for the increase has been the drop in production on the last two vintages, 2012 and 2013, provoked by the horrendous weather. The 2013 harvest took place with a delay of a few weeks, due to the strong rainfall and low temperatures, present up to the end of June; a difficult spring for the harmonious growth of the vines. Hailstorms also damaged several hectares of vineyards, and this has delayed the harvest, the latter being much smaller than usual.
The second reason and not the least, is the interest that the Asian market has shown for the Bordeaux market. Since 2005, Asia has sworn only by the Bordeaux vintages, buying industrial quantities of Bordeaux 1er crus: Pétrus, Lafite Rothschild, Mouton Rothschild, Angélus, Cheval Blanc, Margaux, Haut Brion, Mission Haut Brion, Latour…

Therefore the prices of the Bordeaux wines have shot up sky high and have reached to-day, record prices.
Asia having finally understood the interest and incomparable quality of Burgundy wines, has changed its position and has “attacked” two regions: the Burgundy and Champagne areas! But beware the wine production of the Burgundy area cannot be compared with that of the Bordeaux vineyards!
When one sees the mean annual production of the Burgundy vineyards (between 4000 to 10 000 bottles), and those of the Bordeaux area (approximately 300 000 bottles), it is easy to conclude: the strong demand and the reduced production leads to a shortage market hence the price increase. In order to give you an idea , the Domaine Mugnier in Burgundy, produces excellent wines, hasn’t accepted a single new client in the last 5 years, this might seem an absolutely astonishing situation.

For all the lovers of great wines two choices open up to you, increase your wine budget, or reduce your consumption, I suggest you increase your budget!
Let us now have a quick look as to how one can profit from this price rise: by investing in great vintages! Everyday several thousands of persons are looking to fructify their money and all have the same question in mind, “where am I going to place my liquidities?”
You’ll have understood that fine wines are an extremely interesting placement, and one of the most stable ones in the market place!
If I can give you some advice, diversify your portofolio by buying grand crus, not through an investment fund but directly on the real Mackoy! And let those bottles age gently, getting better and more valuable over the ages!

The wine investment remains basically an investment in pleasure, from which you will obtain interesting returns as well as offering yourselves the pleasure of opening some excellent bottles.

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The wine market, an authentic placement

guru — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:20:50 +0000

Whilst the sounds of boots marching over Crimea are being heard the world over, an ill wind of panic is blowing on the international stock markets. As it is often the case with any major international political crisis, investors are the first casualties, loosing their virtual assets when it is not their initial investment, the latter requiring several years to recuperate.
Paris – 2,66%, Frankfurt -3,44%, Moscow -10%, London – 1,49%, Wall Street – 1,27% and this is only the beginning!
For the year 2014, one can expect a high volatility level to the detriment of assets such as shares, forcing investors to notice alternatives such as: Gold, (being a relatively uncertain value), rare metals, art and wine.
Those investors diversifying their assets will be protected from the vicissitudes of the stock exchange markets. Art and fine wines are sterling placements that are both tangible and certainly not virtual.

Whilst the world demand for fine wines has exploded and has not diminished, that the international auctions beat all time records, that climate has taken an important part in the market place, imposing a new factor; bad weather. This climatic change has reduced production, hence automatically raising prices!

A good number of professional financial investors, or investment counselors, refuse to propose the wine option to their clients as an alternative investment, it is to wonder if this is due to a lack of information, which seems to be absolute nonsense, or simply a voluntary attitude!!!

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