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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.

1996 Château Mouton Rothschild

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  96   
RP  94   
JR  18   

2006 Château Mouton Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

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

2005 Château Latour

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

JS  100   
WS  99   
ST  98   
JR  19.5   
RP  96   

1971 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

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

MB  ****   

1994 Château d'Yquem

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

1980 Château Mouton Rothschild

Mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1981 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  91   
MB  ***   

1996 Château Mouton Rothschild

Label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  96   
RP  94   
JR  18   

2002 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light label condition issue

ST  94   
RP  93   
WS  91   
JR  17.5   
2 available
Bid *

2004 Château Mouton Rothschild

WS  93   
RP  92+    
ST  92   
JR  18   

2010 Château Mouton Rothschild

JS  100   
RP  98+    
WS  98   
VN  97+    
JR  18.5   

1996 Carruades de Lafite

Light capsule condition issue

JR  17.5   

1998 Carruades de Lafite

RP  90   

2000 Carruades de Lafite

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2003 Carruades de Lafite

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
JR  16   

2009 Carruades de Lafite

RP  92-94+    
WS  89-92   
JR  17   

2002 Carruades de Lafite

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Case condition issue

JR  16   

2015 Carruades de Lafite

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

WA  91   
WS  91   

1971 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

3 available
Bid

1971 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

3 available
Bid

1971 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

3 available
Bid

1975 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  93   
MB  ***   

1975 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

WA  93   
MB  ***   

1976 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

JS  96   
RP  93   
JG  93   
VN  92   
JR  17.5   
MB  ****   
3 available
Bid

1978 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

WS  94   
JR  17   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid