The three best performing wines of April, 2009 were produced at Château Lafite Rothschild in the Médoc region northwest of Bordeaux, currently owned by the French branch of the affluent Rothschild banking family. Château Lafite is the first on the list of Châteaux to achieve First Growth status in the 1855 Classification and the same vineyard produced one of the world’s most expensive wine bottles, the famed “Th.J” bottle thought to have once been owned by Thomas Jefferson. The best performing and most valued vintage was the 1982 Lafite-Rothschild with an average value of $2,143.88. Second and third place went to the 2000 and 1998 vintages, respectively.
Th.J $2,100
