Bordeaux Trade

Question 1

Average size of a Bordeaux estate today

Answer 1

17.3 ha

Question 2

How many producers (CIVB)

Answer 2

6,568

Question 3

What % of producers estate bottle?

Answer 3

56%

Question 4

What % or production is purchased in bulk and bottled at the estate by negociants?

Answer 4

6%

Question 5

What % of production is sold in bulk?

Answer 5

38%

Question 6

Negociants handle approx what % of Bordeaux production?

Answer 6

70%

Question 7

Bordeaux wine region land under vine

Answer 7

110,800 ha

Question 8

Next largest wine region after Bordeaux?

Answer 8

Rhone (70,400ha)

Question 9

% commission for courtiers?

Answer 9

2%

Question 10

Who pays the courtier’s commission?

Answer 10

Negociant

Question 11

Courtiers execute what % of grape contracts in Bordeaux?

Answer 11

73%

Question 12

Mouton land under vine

Answer 12

90 ha

Question 13

Lafite land under vine

Answer 13

112 ha

Question 14

Which is the bigger vineyard, Mouton or Lafite?

Answer 14

Lafite (112ha)

Mouton has 90ha

Question 15

Why pay a courtier?

Answer 15

Licensed agent of the state, has the authority to void a contract and return money to negociant if wine falls short of expectations

Insurance policy!

Question 16

Average production annually in Bordeaux?

Answer 16

61 million 9L cases

Question 17

In what month does malolactic fermentation usually end?

Answer 17

November

Question 18

How many chateaux participate in en primer?

Answer 18

300

Question 19

En primeur pricing skyrocketed with what vintage?

Answer 19

2000

Question 20

Palmer barrel price at Sotheby’s HK in 2016?

Answer 20

HKD 3million

392,628 US