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    Jul 01, 2020 3 minutes

    Bordeaux 2019: prices reflect global events

    This year’s Bordeaux en primeur campaign launched into an uncertain market with a wave of discounts for what was ‘unhesistatingly a successful vintage’, according to Jane Anson.

    Pauillac fifth growth Château Pontet-Canet fired the starting gun on 28 May with its release at £61 a bottle, a 31% drop versus the previous year. Liv-ex reported it to be one of the lowest priced vintages of Pontet-Canet on the market and the lowest ex-Bordeaux release price since 2008.

    Rather than a statement on vintage quality, en primeur discounts appeared to be recognition of the

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