Wine Knowledge and Buyback Guides
Market notes, storage checks, valuation references and handover tips to help collectors understand what affects value before selling.
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Château Latour: First-Growth Value and Resale Market Analysis
Château Latour's current vineyards cover 92 hectares, including 47 hectares known as the Enclos, whose grapes are regularly used for the estate's grand vin. The Enclos lies close to the Gironde estuary, and its highest point is only 16 metres above the river.
Château Latour: First-Growth Value and Resale Market Analysis
Château Latour's current vineyards cover 92 hectares, including 47 hectares known as the Enclos, whose grapes are regularly used for the estate's grand vin. The Enclos lies close to the Gironde estuary, and its highest point is only 16 metres above the river.
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Penfolds Overview: Grange Collectible Value and Resale Market
Penfolds Winery is located in South Australia's renowned Barossa Valley and is one of Australia's best-known and largest wineries. It is regarded as a symbol of Australian wine and has been called an aristocrat of the country's wine industry.
Penfolds Overview: Grange Collectible Value and Resale Market
Penfolds Winery is located in South Australia's renowned Barossa Valley and is one of Australia's best-known and largest wineries. It is regarded as a symbol of Australian wine and has been called an aristocrat of the country's wine industry.
Château Mouton Rothschild Overview: Art Labels and Resale Value
Château Mouton Rothschild, also known in Chinese as Wudang, is located in Pauillac, Bordeaux, where three of Bordeaux's five First Growths are found. Promoted from Second Growth to First Growth in 1973, it became one of the five leading estates. Mouton is world-renowned and consequently has several Chinese names. In the 1855 classification, it now stands alongside Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion as a First Growth.
Château Mouton Rothschild Overview: Art Labels and Resale Value
Château Mouton Rothschild, also known in Chinese as Wudang, is located in Pauillac, Bordeaux, where three of Bordeaux's five First Growths are found. Promoted from Second Growth to First Growth in 1973, it became one of the five leading estates. Mouton is world-renowned and consequently has several Chinese names. In the 1855 classification, it now stands alongside Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion as a First Growth.
Romanée-Conti and DRC Essentials: Burgundy Collecting and Resale Value
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC), located in the Côte de Nuits, is a global icon of fine wine. Its wines are renowned for their depth, complexity and ageing potential, and every year they appear among the world's 50 most expensive wines. The most expensive is the wine from the Romanée-Conti vineyard, whose production is extremely limited, at about 6000 bottles a year—less than 1/50 of Lafite's production. In Robert Parker's assessments, every vintage of Romanée-Conti has scored above 90 points, while the 2005 received 99–100 points.
Romanée-Conti and DRC Essentials: Burgundy Collecting and Resale Value
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC), located in the Côte de Nuits, is a global icon of fine wine. Its wines are renowned for their depth, complexity and ageing potential, and every year they appear among the world's 50 most expensive wines. The most expensive is the wine from the Romanée-Conti vineyard, whose production is extremely limited, at about 6000 bottles a year—less than 1/50 of Lafite's production. In Robert Parker's assessments, every vintage of Romanée-Conti has scored above 90 points, while the 2005 received 99–100 points.
Château Lafite Overview: Estate History, Vintages and Resale Value
(Dibao Wine buys red wine, French wines and other wines.) Château Lafite Rothschild is located in Pauillac, in the Haut-Médoc area of Bordeaux, France, and is one of Bordeaux's five First Growths. Since the 17th century, Château Lafite has continued to write its own legend in the wine world. Its history can be traced back to 1234.
Château Lafite Overview: Estate History, Vintages and Resale Value
(Dibao Wine buys red wine, French wines and other wines.) Château Lafite Rothschild is located in Pauillac, in the Haut-Médoc area of Bordeaux, France, and is one of Bordeaux's five First Growths. Since the 17th century, Château Lafite has continued to write its own legend in the wine world. Its history can be traced back to 1234.
