It looks like this domaine have a lot of investments to recoup!

You can see the prices from my usual Swiss merchant with 2018, 2017 & 2016 pricing in the brackets!
— indicates not offered.

Domaine Clos des Lambrays:
Clos des Lambrays 2019 75cl 445.00 (258.00, 238.00, 225.00) * (Swiss Francs)
Clos des Lambrays 2019 150cl 910.00 (536.00, 481.00, —)

The price you see is ‘delivered’ but ex 7.7% Swiss purchase tax.

So, not quite up to Clos de Tart levels – but Lambrays look to be on their way to ‘equivalence‘ – eh?

It seems but a blink of the eye (to me) when I could buy magnums from this estate for well under 150 Swiss francs. Okay, I’m also old enough to remember the last bottles of Clos de Tart I bought on release for 70 UK pounds a bottle – the 2001 vintage – it seemed too much at the time but they remain grand vin!

From a Swiss merchant. I have only tasted their 2018s and 2019s but here is a producer who I admire very much – they were one of my star domaines for the 2019 vintage. Don’t go looking for great bargains but the context of the current market these are not outrageously priced bottles:

Domaine Comtesse de Chérisey
Meursault, Bois de Blagny 2017 75cl 69.00* (Swiss Francs)
Meursault La Genelotte Monopole 1er Cru 2017 75cl 109.00
Meursault La Genelotte Monopole 1er Cru 2017 150cl 223.00
Puligny-Montrachet, Hameau de Blagny 1er Cru 2017 75cl 109.00
Puligny-Montrachet, Hameau de Blagny 1er Cru 2017 150cl 223.00
Puligny-Montrachet, Les Chalumeaux 1er Cru 2017 75cl 109.00
Puligny-Montrachet, Les Chalumeaux 1er Cru 2017 150cl 223.00
Puligny-Montrachet, La Garenne 1er Cru 2017 150cl 223.00

Rouge
Blagny La Genelotte Monopole 1er Cru 2017 75cl 109.00
Blagny La Genelotte Monopole 1er Cru 2017 150cl 223.00

*These prices include the local 7.7 purchase tax but not the cost of delivery – which will depend on order size.

Last week, from my usual Swiss merchant. In brackets, where offered, are the previous prices of the 2018s, 2017s and the 2016s, — indicates not offered:

Domaine Bruno Clair
Marsannay Blanc 2019 75cl — (28.00, —, —) * (Swiss Francs)
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2019 75cl — (145.00, —, —)

Marsannay 2019 75cl 34.00 (—, 32.00, —)
Marsannay Les Grasses Têtes 2019 75cl 42.00 (39.00, —,—)
Marsannay Les Longeroies 2019 75cl 42.00 (40.00, —, —)

Savigny-les-Beaune Les Jarrons 1er Cru 2019 75cl 49.50 (48.00, 48.00, —)
Savigny-les-Beaune La Dominode 1er Cru 2019 75cl — (59.00, —, —)

Gevrey-Chambertin Clos du Fonteny 1er Cru 2019 75cl 119.00 (119.00, 105.00, 115.00)
Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru 2019 75cl 145.00 (145.00, 139.00, —)
Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru 2019 75cl 228.00 (215.00, 189.00, —)
Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Saint-Jacques 1er Cru 2019 150cl 476.00

Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 75cl 335.00 (335.00, 298.00, 325.00)
Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2019 150cl 690.00

Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru 2019 75cl 335.00 (335.00, 298.00, 385.00)
Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru 2019 150cl 690.00

The prices are always high for this combination of producer and merchant – but the Bèze is always one of the best wines of the vintage for me…
*As always with this merchant – there’s an additional Swiss purchase tax of 7.7% to add, but then the prices are delivered…

From my normal Swiss source. In brackets you also have the price of the 2018s from this time last year, — means not offered:

2019 Chablis
Chablis Montée-de-Tonnerre 1er Cru 2019 75cl 41.00 (41.00) (*Swiss Francs)
Chablis Montée-de-Tonnerre 1er Cru 2019 150cl 87.00 (—)
Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru 2019 75cl 72.00 (72.00)
Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru 2019 150cl 149.00 (—)
Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru 2019 75cl 74.00 (74.00)
Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru 2019 75cl 153.00 (—)
Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru 2019 75cl — (79.00)
Chablis Les Blanchots VV Grand Cru 2019 75cl 79.50 (85.00)

*As usually noted, these are delivered prices (for 6 bottles and over) but will additionally incur the Swiss sales tax of 7.7%!

Those were my words 3 years ago – Of course, you didn’t think it would end like that, did you?

Hey presto! Here comes part 2!

Image from Baghera…

It is Baghera, once more, championing perfect provenance bottles from Henri Jayer – or more correctly – the eldest daughter of Henri, Lydie.

Or are they perfect provenance?

The source is, of course, paramount but so are the storage conditions. Jayer’s old lock-up was hardly the creme de la creme of storage facilities and for the last 3 years since they were relabelled for the previous Baghera-Jayer sale, how were these wines kept? There are no answers to be found here and for sure I don’t expect such considerations to dissuade the bidders…

You may peruse the lots, if you wish, here.

Today in my inbox; here are the Clos de Tart 2019s and you can compare these prices to those of the 2018, 2017 & 2016 prices which are in the brackets. — indicates ‘not offered.’ It now looks like the new owners are looking for some payback on their investment…

Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2019 75cl 595.00, (498.00, 498.00, 448.00)* Swiss francs
Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2019 150cl — (1,050.00, 1,026.00, 926.00)
Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2019 300cl 2,630 (2,300.00, 2,042, 2,042.00)
La Forge de Tart 1er Cru 2019 75cl — (189.00, 169.00, 188.00)

* Including delivery, but not including Swiss purchase tax of 7.7%

Page updated: Exports from Burgundy – 2020

Not just who’s buying the most, who’s paying the most for their bottles?

From my usual Swiss importer source. The prices of the 2018s, 2017s, 2016s and 2015s from previous years are in brackets for you to compare (— means not offered).

DOMAINE WILLIAM FEVRE CHABLIS 2019
CHABLIS Village 75cl — (22.00, 22.00, 22.00, 19.00) Swiss Francs*
PREMIERS CRUS
CHABLIS Vaillons 75cl 39.50 (—)
CHABLIS Montée de Tonnerre 75cl 49.50 (48.00, 48.00, 45.00, 42.00)
GRANDS CRUS
CHABLIS Preuses 75cl 79.50 (78.00, 78.00, 75.00, 65.00)
CHABLIS Preuses 150cl — (161.00, —)
CHABLIS Bougros Côtes de Bouquerots 75cl 84.00 (79.00, 79.50, 79.00, 65.00)
CHABLIS Les Clos 75cl 98.00 (94.00, 89.00, 89.00, 75.00)
CHABLIS Les Clos 150cl 211.00 (193.00, —)

Probably the ‘advantageous’ yields of 2018 offset any price increases in 2018, not so in 2019 – many great wines here though, and for the last couple of vintages I’ve found the Preuses a better wine – if only marginally – that the Côtes de Bouquerots. A shame that they are not offering the villages in 2019, that said, I seem to have bought enough other wines in Chablis this year!
*The prices are ‘delivered’ but will attract another 7.7% Swiss purchase tax.

The prices from my usual merchant in Switzerland:

Domaine Marquis d’Angerville (in brackets the prices of the 2018s then the 2016s – I never saw 2017s…)
Volnay 1er Cru 2019 75cl 79.00 (75.00, —)* (Swiss Francs)
Volnay Fremiet 1er Cru 2019 75cl 105.00 (105.00, 105.00)
Volnay Champans 1er Cru 2019 75cl 129.00 (129.00, 129.00)
Volnay Clos des Ducs 1er Cru 2019 75cl 215.00 (198.00, —)

The 2019s available for delivery only at the end of this year. The price you see is ‘delivered’ but ex 7.7% Swiss purchase tax. What can I say – always aspirational rather than entry-level wines here – and you will have to pay for that. I’m never surprised when the pricing of a top cuvée increases – the others, despite higher pricing, show a remarkable consistency for the region in the last years.