Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne 2013 - Offer Document

TAITTINGER, COMTES DE CHAMPAGNE 2013

‘STRONG BUY’ INVESTMENT GOLD DUST

98 points 30%

I am delighted to offer the latest vintage of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne, a true investment gem and with today’s pricing in mind a firm STRONG BUY recommendation given is very high score.

The 2013 vintage of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne is a total knock out, coming from the middle of a triptych of stellar vintages, with 2013 widely regarded as perhaps the finest ever for Chardonnay in the Côte de Blancs.

So remarkable was the vintage that the grapes were harvested in the early days of October, something not seen for two decades.

The result is a wine which has been heralded by leading critics as the joint best Comtes de Champagne of all time, hitting a huge 98 point score with Antonio Galloni who wrote:

“The 2013 Comtes de Champagne captures all the pedigree of this great vintage in its energy, depth and vibrancy. Lemon confit, dried flowers, chamomile, spice and crushed rocks all race across the palate. Passionfruit, ginger, marzipan and mint appear later, filling out the layers beautifully. Harvest took place in October in what has become the exception rather than the norm in Champagne”.

Comtes has been a wine which has delivered in the best vintages for Clos clients, with the 2008 vintage, also rated 98 Galloni points, appreciating at its peak to well over 70% in its three years since release. Even as the Champagne market was hit at the end of 2022 and dropped in value, the 2008 is still delivering 30% returns, or 10% per annum, and I have no doubt it will appreciate further in the coming two years.

6x75cl - £715 in bond

PERFORMANCE DATA

Given its 98 point score, I believed that a price under £800 per 6 bottles for the 2013 Comtes de Champagne would represent good value but anything under £750 would make it extremely wellpriced. The reveal this morning that the price is ‘just’ £715 makes this vintage a genuine must buy for investors.

The graph below plots vintages of Comtes going back to 1999 against the market value on Liv-Ex and the Galloni score. What is most compelling is that except for the 2006 vintage, the 2013 is the best value and highest scored on the market right now. To own stock of the 2013 at the start of its investment life is a red hot opportunity for those who have Fine Wine investment portfolios or indeed those who are yet to dip their toe in the water.

The graph on the right is Liv-Ex’s leading data tool ‘Fair Value Analysis’. As with Bordeaux en primeur releases each year, the algorithm plots a new release against a prevailing data set to determine if a release is fairly priced or not: releases which land on or under the line are deemed ‘fair value’.

For Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne, age is the key determining factor of a new release’s fair value. On the right you can see that the 2013 vintage sits perfectly on the fair value line, demonstrating just how appealing this new release it.

It is my strongest possible recommendation that all clients secure as much stock as they can afford of Comtes 2013, not only is it a stunning champagne, but it is investment gold dust.