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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.

1939 Château d'Yquem

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

JR  19   
MB  ****   

1947 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Heavy capsule condition issue; heavy signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   

1953 Cos d'Estournel

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; heavy label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  93   
WS  91   
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1953 Château Ausone

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

MB  ****   

1955 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
RP  94   
WS  94   

1955 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
RP  94   
WS  94   

1955 Château Latour

Heavy capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; low shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  94   
WS  94   

1955 Château Latour

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; low shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  94   
WS  94   

1955 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
RP  94   
WS  94   

1955 Château Canon

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

WA  93   
WS  90   

1955 Château Canon

Capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  93   
WS  90   

1961 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

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

MB  ****   

1961 Château Gruaud-Larose

Capsule condition issue; 3 cm ullage or better; label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  90   

1961 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light capsule condition issue; 3 cm ullage or better; label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  90   

1961 Château Gruaud-Larose

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage or better; heavy label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  90   

1961 Château Gruaud-Larose

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  93   
WS  90   

1966 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
RP  96   
WS  92   

1966 Château d'Yquem

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue; writing on label

MB  ****   

1970 Château d'Yquem

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; low shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  90   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1970 Château La Gaffeliere

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

1971 Château Palmer

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

1971 Château Palmer

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

1971 Château Palmer

Capsule condition issue; depressed cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1971 Château Palmer

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

1971 Château Palmer

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