Napa, California | August 26, 2021 – Vinfolio, one of the country’s leading fine wine companies, recently released a comprehensive Fine Wine Investment Report on Bordeaux’s excellent 2020 vintage. As a fine wine investment advisor, storage facility, and the U.S.’s largest fine wine marketplace, Vinfolio moves with the market to create actionable insights for clients. Already a leader in Bordeaux sales, Vinfolio has seen a dramatic 78-percent increase in Bordeaux business in 2021. The Fine Wine Investment Report, 2020 Bordeaux Edition can be downloaded here at Vinfolio.com.
Over the last three decades, investment-grade fine wine has performed very strongly against most major asset classes. For those looking for a reliable fine wine investment, Bordeaux—especially when purchased en primeur—is hard to beat. The 2020 vintage released this summer is of extraordinary quality and value. Vinfolio’s investment guide explores the recent vintage and the best wines to invest in today for future growth.
Highlights from the second Fine Wine Investment Report include:
- En Primeur Overview – Great potential returns meet low-risk investments in Bordeaux’s 2020 vintage. When they are released at this early stage, wines are often priced at the lowest they will ever be and then are expected to increase in value by an average of 10 percent, year over year.
- VinPulse Current Market Overview – Market conditions for this third Bordeaux vintage in a “rare trilogy of excellent vintages” (James Suckling) are good for price appreciation from release. Demand is up in response to a rebounding economy and volumes from most châteaux are down.
- The Harvest – Overall, 2020 was a very warm vintage with auspicious bursts of rainfall and sunshine. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon varieties performed exceptionally well in these conditions.
- Vinfolio Top 10 – The hottest 2020 Bordeaux wines, based on critic consensus and legacy growth statistics.
- 2020 Left-Bank Bordeaux – A close look at the potential of five of the best Left-Bank, Cabernet-Sauvignon-dominant selections from Pessac-Léognan, Margaux, and Pauillac.
- Recommended buys:
- Château Haut-Brion
- Château Margaux
- Château Lafite Rothschild
- Château Mouton Rothschild
- Château Pontet-Canet
- Recommended buys:
- 2020 Right-Bank Bordeaux – In this year of Merlot, Right-Bank wines from Pomerol and Saint-Émilion truly shine. Vinfolio focuses on five wines, in particular, that collectors should buy now.
- Recommended buys:
- Château Lafleur
- Château L’Évangile
- Château Angélus
- Château Pavie
- Château Cheval Blanc
- Recommended buys:
- Invest in the Trio – 2019 and 2018 Bordeaux are likewise successful selections. Vinfolio recommends investors secure wines from all three vintages as they will have even greater growth potential together as a vertical. Now that 2018 wines are physically available, Vinfolio expects them to experience another round of demand.
About Vinfolio
Vinfolio transforms how the fine wine community buys, sells, manages, and enjoys fine wine with advanced cellar management technology, fine wine storage facilities, and a direct-to-consumer ecommerce platform. Combined, these systems empower the fine wine enthusiast to acquire highly collectible wine directly from producers, purchase and sell wine from Vinfolio’s collector marketplace, stay on top of every bottle in their cellar, and engage with other fine wine collectors, industry influencers, and winemakers—all in one seamless experience.
Vinfolio is majority-owned by Executive Chairman Don St. Pierre Jr. and his business partner and good friend Allan Warburg, co-founder and co-CEO of Bestseller Fashion Group China. St. Pierre is the recipient of numerous wine industry accolades, including being named number seven on Decanter magazine’s 2011 Top 50 global wine industry power players and selected by Wine Enthusiast Magazine as the 2011 International Man of the Year. In 2012, the French government awarded St. Pierre Jr. the degree of Knight in the French Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and in 2015, he was appointed as a member of the supervisory board of Vinexpo Overseas. Vinfolio’s ownership also includes Jean-Michel Valette, who chairs the Education and Examination Board (EEB) of the Institute of Masters of Wine and is former chairman of Robert Mondavi Corporation and Peet’s Coffee.
