Amassing high levels of trade, showing strong price performances and with a growing number of brands qualifying for inclusion – even if they have not quite made it to the top just yet.
The standout Champagne has been Louis Roederer’s Cristal, one of three Champagnes in the top 10. It has been the top traded wine by volume and third top-traded by value over the latest Power 100 year. It first entered the top 10 in the 2019 Power 100 and has not left it since.
Dom Pérignon may have a stronger price performance and Krug may have a higher average trade price but measured by its sheer levels of trade, Cristal has become the standard bearer of Champagne’s secondary market drive.
Another cluster of producers worth keeping an eye on as the category evolves are some of the ‘grower’ labels such as Jacques Selosse.
Selosse (which entered the Power 100 last year) jumped 25 places to 11th this year, because of strong price performance and a high average trade price. Egly-Ouriet is another smaller house that made it into the top 100 this year, up from 260th last year.
And finally, although they missed making the top 100, the second and third best brands for price performance, trailing only Arnoux-Lachaux, were both Champagnes, Ulysse Collin and Jérôme Prévost.
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