Pursuits
Chateau Haut-Brion ’06 Bordeaux Drops to Nine-Month Liv-Ex Low
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A case of Chateau Haut-Brion 2006, a first-growth Bordeaux from the Pessac-Leognan district on the south side of the city, sold for 2,700 pounds ($4,340) on the Liv-ex wine exchange this week, its lowest level in nine months.
The transaction was 8.5 percent below this year’s high of 2,950 pounds a case reached in February, according to data on Liv-ex’s Cellar Watch web site. Yesterday’s price was 1.5 percent above the level of 2,660 pounds at which the vintage traded in October last year.