Wine investment – CIP 2017

Wine Investment

CIP 2017

Overview

The CIP 2017 forms an alternative wine investment in which the public can capture South Africa's most investable and desirable wines. Seven blue-chip Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignons, that have the lowest relative prices, are included in an investment portfolio of 120 bottles. Buying CIP 2017 en-primeur saves 19% on the estimated release prices over and above the 5 years of free cellaring. There were 40 portfolios available at R50,000 per portfolio.

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Cabernet Investment Portfolio 2017

Cellaring fees*

Payable from 1 April 2024

The wines in the CIP 2017

Wine Vintage Ave.
score
WM WE Bottles/
unit
Current
price
En-primeur
CIP price
Return
Alto, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 92 91-93 91-93 12 R 275 R 235 17.0%
Kanonkop, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 92-94 92-94 24 R 490 R 425 15.3%
Le Riche, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 91.5 91-93 90-92 18 R 825 R 600 37.5%
Neil Ellis, Jonkershoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 94-96 90-92 18 R 500 R 400 25.0%
Rustenberg, Peter Barlow 2017 92.5 92-94 91-93 24 R 625 R 485 28.9%
Thelema, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93.5 93-95 92-94 12 R 350 R 300 34.6%
Waterford, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 91.3 91-94 90-92 12 R 395 R 355 11.3%
Total:         120 R 62,850 R 50,000 25.7%
  • WM: Winemag.co.za (Roland Peens and James Pietersen were part of the blind panel) | WE: Wine Enthusiast, Winemag.com (Lauren Bazzeo)
  • 20 of the 40 available units were sold in the available window of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 en-primeur.

The wines in the CIP 2017

Wine Vintage Ave.
score
WM WE Bottles/
unit
2018
Oct
2022
Mar
Total
(release)
Total
(current)
Growth
Alto, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 92 91-93 91-93 12 R 235 R 275 R 2,820 R 3,300 17.0%
Kanonkop, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 92-94 92-94 24 R 425 R 540 R 10,200 R 12,960 27.1%
Le Riche, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 91.5 91-93 90-92 18 R 600 R 850 R 10,800 R 15,300 41.7%
Neil Ellis, Jonkershoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 94-96 90-92 18 R 400 R 550 R 7,200 R 9,900 37.5%
Rustenberg, Peter Barlow 2017 92.5 92-94 91-93 24 R 485 R 675 R 11,640 R 16,200 39.2%
Thelema, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93.5 93-95 92-94 12 R 260 R 350 R 3,120 R 4,200 34.6%
Waterford, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 91.3 91-94 90-92 12 R 355 R 395 R 4,260 R 4,740 11.3%
Total:         120     R 50,000 R 66,600 33.2%
  • WM: Winemag.co.za (Roland Peens and James Pietersen were part of the blind panel) | WE: Wine Enthusiast, Winemag.com (Lauren Bazzeo)
  • 20 of the 40 available units were sold in the available window of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 en-primeur.

The wines in the CIP 2017

Wine Vintage Ratings Bottles/
unit
2018
Oct
2023
Sept
Total
(release)
Total
(current)
Growth
Alto, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 TA MW 12 R 235 R 300 R 2,820 R 3,600 27.7%
Kanonkop, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 97 CE 24 R 425 R 600 R 10,200 R 14,400 41.2%
Le Riche, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 96 TA MW 18 R 600 R 1,150 R 10,800 R 20,700 91.7%
Neil Ellis, Jonkershoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 93 TA 18 R 400 R 575 R 7,200 R 10,350 43.8%
Rustenberg, Peter Barlow 2017 96 TA MW 24 R 485 R 750 R 11,640 R 18,000 54.6%
Thelema, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 95+ GS MW 12 R 260 R 425 R 3,120 R 5,100 63.5%
Waterford, Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 95 TA MW 12 R 355 R 395 R 4,260 R 4,740 11.3%
Total:     120     R 50,000 R 76,890 53.8%
  • TA MW: Tim Atkin MW | GS MW: Greg Sherwood MW | CE: Christian Eedes | PG: Platter's Guide
  • 20 of the 40 available units were sold in the available window of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 en-primeur.
Wine Investment VIP 2015

Overview

The Vintage Investment Portfolio 2015 was launched in 2018 as Wine Cellar's first and long-awaited investment product. It is a unitised basket of SA’s most investable wines, heralding from the greatest modern-day vintage. Offered with almost 20 years of fine wine trading experience, we believe this investment vehicle attracts the least administration and cost, along with the highest possible return.

Professional cellaring is included in the purchase price with no further costs for the first 5 years. This constitutes a cellaring cost saving of R17,776 per unit on release, an effective 17.8% discount. Flexibility is provided in the ability to trade single wines or entire VIP units. A VIP unit of the same wines from the 2009 vintage would have seen an annual return of 16,5% (as of October 2018). Total stock within the VIP 2015s constitutes approximately 1.5% of total production and is a leap forward in providing a secondary market for fine wine in the future.

Vintage Investment Portfolio 2015

Management fees*

R 0,00

*Free management for 5 years

Cellaring fees*

R 0,00

*Free cellaring for 5 years

The wines in the VIP 2015

Wine Vintage Ave.
score
PG NM TA CE Bottles/
unit
Market
price
Release
price
Return
Alto, Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 92.3 89 93 93 94 12 R 360 R 235 53.2%
Boekenhoutskloof, Franschhoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 91.8 94 89 94 90 6 R 595 R 465 28.0%
Boekenhoutskloof, Syrah 2015 94.5 95 94 96 93 6 R 600 R 465 29.0%
Hartenberg, The Mackenzie 2015 91.3 91 91 94 89 6 R 750 R 585 28.2%
Kanonkop, Pinotage 2015 92 90 91 94 93 6 R 625 R 390 60.3%
Kanonkop, Paul Sauer 2015 96 95 95 100 94 12 R 3,500 R 595 488.2%
Le Riche, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 92.5 95 89 94 92 12 R 795 R 550 44.5%
Meerlust, Rubicon 2015 92.3 93 92 90 94 54 R 550 R 375 46.7%
Mullineux, Syrah 2015 91.3 90 90 94 91 6 R 500 R 325 53.8%
Neil Ellis, Jonkershoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 93.7 93   93 95 18 R 575 R 365 57.5%
Rust en Vrede, Estate 2015 92 95 90 94 89 6 R 600 R 460 30.4%
Rustenberg, John X Merriman 2015 90.3 90 88 91 92 18 R 350 R 180 94.4%
Rustenberg, Peter Barlow 2015 91.8 94 90 93 90 6 R 700 R 500 40.0%
Thelema, Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 91.3 94 86 93 92 18 R 395 R 260 51.9%
Tokara, Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2015 93.3 94 91 96 92 6 R 450 R 330 36.4%
Tokara, Red 2015 93.3 94 91 96 92 6 R 575 R 465 23.7%
Vergelegen, Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 91.3 94 90 91 90 18 R 390 R 345 13.0%
Vergelegen, GVB 2015 91.3 95 92 94 84 6 R 650 R 565 15.0%
Vilafonté, Series M 2015 93 93 92 95 92 6 R 995 R 600 65.8%
Warwick, Trilogy 2015 92.5 94 91 95 90 12 R 650 R 455 42.9%
Warwick, Blue Lady Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 93.3 95 92 94 92 6 R 475 R 360 31.9%
Waterford, Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 90.5 91 86 95 90 12 R 500 R 330 51.5%
Total               R 175,230 R 100,000 75.2%
  • PG: Platter’s Guide | NM: Neal Martin | TA: Tim Atkin | CE: Christian Eedes
  • Scores in italics indicate a previous vintage score; where the specific vintage has not yet been reviewed.
  • Vintages are important but we believe that leading wines show less score variation across vintages, especially in SA.
  • Where Platter’s offers a star rating: 5* – 95/100, 4.5* (highly recommended) – 94/100, 4.5* – 90/100, and 4* – 88/100
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