By billn on December 15, 2011
Well do you? That’s a hard question to answer in the current market. I provide for you here a window to a relatively ‘cheap’ entry into the world of premier cru pinot noir (Chambolle-Musigny would cost you 5x the amount), but the financial transaction and subsequent model will make sense to relatively few of you I think. Anyway, our starting point is the current ‘offer‘ via the SAFER website. In effect you would pay €184,000 (plus an 8.5% ‘fee’ for SAFER) plus €3,500 for 0.43ha of Beaune 1er Cru ‘Champs Pimonts’ – nicely situated fifty year-old vines, though don’t ask me how good the plant material is – but even as the owner, you cannot do very much with the land, because with this purchase [....]
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By billn on January 30, 2011
Well to be specific the Clos Frantin, not Domaine du Clos Frantin. I was chatting with a sommelier/importer from New York who was to visit Domaine d’Eugenie, and he mentioned that they were changing the name of the Clos Frantin to Clos Eugenie. I was a bit sceptical because you don’t easily change vineyard names and I also didn’t think that the parent company of Domaine du Clos Frantin (A.Bichot) would want to sell the vines. Anyway I asked a contact at Bichot… It seems that when they bought the buildings to make their new winery, Latour/Eugenie did indeed acquire the Vosne-Romanée Clos Frantin vines too, however, swapping with Bichot the Frantin vines for some of the old Engel domaine vines in Vosne-Romanée Hautes Mazières [....]
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By billn on December 9, 2010
Edit/Note: I discussed this with Alex and apparently this does not reflect his actual position, but he also doesn’t want to comment further until everything is ironed out. Will let you know when it is. Thumbs up for Clive – still first with the news: Philippe Brenot of Santenay has sold his 5 hectare estate to American négociant Alex Gambal. Pride of place in the Brenot holding is 37 ares of Bâtard-Montrachet. The line-up also includes Chassagne-Montrachet premier cru En Remilly, Santenay premier cru Les Passetemps, and village Puligny, Chassagne and Santenay. The white wines have a high reputation here, though Brenot used to sell over half his production off in bulk. In addition to his life as a vigneron Brenot is also a professor [....]
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By billn on July 19, 2010
€175,000 sounds quite a lot for only 0.272 hectares – even if they are close to 50 year-old Gevrey 1er cru vines… Of-course you may be more interested in the Marsannay – then you’d be able to make rosé!
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By billn on July 17, 2009
There you go a ‘snäpchen’ – nicely sited ‘name’ vines overlooking the village of Pommard. Okay, not entirely cheap at €186,000, but you get almost 0.3 hectares – who would complain? I do, however, note that said vines are available only after the 2015 harvest, I didn’t know that you could also buy vines en-primeur…!
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By billn on June 25, 2009
For sure it’s cheaper than the previous Puligny, but is it me – or does €75,000 sound rather a lot for 0.4 of an acre? Anyway: 3,94 ouvrées plantées en cépage Pinot Noir Age de la vigne : environ 40 ans Situation : Belle exposition sud-est Vigne présentant un bel état général Good luck with your bids!
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By billn on June 5, 2009
Thought this might cheer you up: €255,000 for approximately 380 bottles per year worth of villages Puligny. If you can get €700 per bottle, you’ll pay for it in only 1 year! Oh, but don’t forget, you will also need somewhere to make wine…
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