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Bordeaux

Bordeaux is the world’s most famous fine-wine producing region. Even non-wine drinkers recognize the names of Bordeaux’s celebrated wines, such as Margaux and Lafite-Rothschild. Located near the Atlantic coast in southwest France, the region takes its name from the seaport city of Bordeaux, a wine trading center with an outstanding site on the Garonne River and easy access to the Atlantic. Like most French wine regions, Bordeaux’s first vineyards were planted by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago, then tended by medieval monks. Aristocrats and nobility later owned the region’s best estates and today estates are owned by everyone from non-French business conglomerates to families who have been proprietors for generations. Bordeaux has nearly 280,000 acres of vineyards, 57 appellations and 10,000 wine-producing châteaux. Bordeaux is bifurcated by the Gironde Estuary into so-called “right bank” and “left bank” appellations. Bordeaux’s red wines are blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. It also makes white wines of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. There are several classification systems in Bordeaux. All are attempts to rank the estates based on the historic quality of the wines.

1966 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  96   
VN  94   
MB  ****   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1966 Château Margaux

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WA  91   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

1964 Château Latour

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  91   

1970 Château Latour

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  90   
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1970 Château Latour

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1975 Château Latour

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
MB  ***   

1964 Château Haut-Brion

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****   

1964 Château Haut-Brion

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; 5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****   

1970 Château d'Yquem

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1975 Château d'Yquem

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  99   
WS  95   

1966 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WA  94   
WS  93   
JR  17   

1975 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill or better; light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  93+    
WS  90   

1975 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  93+    
WS  90   

1970 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   
MB  ***