The Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index is currently the industry standard for approximating the global wine market's performance. Visit the Liv-ex website for more details about how this index is generated. As of 2011 the index value is higher than it has ever been, yielding high returns for investors who purchased bottles years ago.
To give you more specific examples of how wine investments have yielded good returns, here are several examples of investment grade wines and their historical market prices. The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), an annualized growth rate over a specific period of time, is a good approximation for the historical performance of a particular bottle.
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Prices* ($USD/bottle) |
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| Label |
Vint |
Release |
Aug '09 |
5yrs Ago |
CAGR
(since release) |
CAGR (5yr) |
| Cheval Blanc |
1990 |
59 |
900 |
N/A |
15% |
N/A |
| Haut Brion |
1990 |
51 |
320 |
142 |
10% |
18% |
| Lafite |
1990 |
60 |
540 |
N/A |
12% |
N/A |
| Lafite |
1982 |
41 |
3400 |
760 |
18% |
35% |
| Latour |
1990 |
59 |
600 |
152 |
13% |
32% |
| Latour |
1982 |
N/A |
1700 |
770 |
N/A |
17% |
| Le Pin |
1990 |
124 |
2950 |
N/A |
18% |
N/A |
| Leoville Lascases |
1990 |
25 |
250 |
N/A |
13% |
N/A |
| Lynch Bages |
1990 |
22 |
275 |
N/A |
14% |
N/A |
| Margaux |
1990 |
63 |
925 |
182 |
15% |
38% |
| Mouton |
1982 |
38 |
850 |
700 |
12% |
4% |
| Mouton |
1990 |
N/A |
250 |
153 |
N/A |
10% |
| Petrus |
1990 |
268 |
3000 |
N/A |
14% |
N/A |
| Pichon Lalande |
1990 |
23 |
120 |
N/A |
9% |
N/A |
