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Liv-ex reclassifies Bordeaux
Liv-ex has redrafted the 1855 Bordeaux classification using today’s prices to give a reflection of how the market has altered over 154 years. If the new list was implemented La Mission Haut Brion would join the first growths and ten wines would drop out of the 1855 classification altogether.
“Our aim from the outset was to recreate the conditions of the 1855 classification,” explained James Miles, director at Liv-ex, the fine wine exchange. “To base it wholly on price – as the 1855 classification was – and include only the major estates of the Left Bank. In essence, to create the classification that would have been drawn up if today’s prices were those prevalent 154 years ago.”
Highlights of the Liv-ex Bordeaux Classification include:
• La Mission Haut Brion joins the first growths
• Lynch Bages is the biggest climber, moving up from fifth growth to join the seconds
• Palmer moves from the third growths to become the top second
• Ten wines drop out of the classification
• Nine wines join it
Patrick Schmitt, 11.03.09