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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.

1998 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

WS  94   
RP  90   
ST  90   

1998 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  90   
ST  90   

2000 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

RP  94   
WE  93   
WS  90   
ST  90+    
JR  17.5   

2010 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

Light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  96   
JS  95   
ST  94+    
JR  18   

1971 Château Rieussec

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

2001 Château Rieussec

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  99   
ST  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2004   

2001 Château Rieussec

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  99   
ST  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2004   

2001 Château Rieussec

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  99   
ST  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2004   

1969 Château Beychevelle

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

1969 Château Beychevelle

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

1995 Château Beychevelle

Light label condition issue

1989 Château Talbot

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

DE  ***   

2005 Château Malescot-St Exupery

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
JS  95-96   
ST  93   
WS  #18 of 2008   

2005 Château Malescot-St Exupery

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
JS  95-96   
ST  93   
WS  #18 of 2008   

1993 Château Prieure-Lichine

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1970 Château Giscours

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

1970 Château La Lagune

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

1970 Château La Lagune

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

1990 Château La Lagune

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  91   

1971 Château Magdelaine

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

2005 Château Rol Valentin

1.5ltr

WS  95   
ST  93   
RP  92   
JR  15+    

2000 Château Cap de Faugeres

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

ST  87-90