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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 Latour

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

MB  *****   
RP  96   
WS  92   

1978 Château Latour

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

WS  92   
RP  90   
JR  17.5   

1979 Château Latour

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

1983 Château Latour

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

JR  19   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

2005 Château Latour

Bottle was released from the cellar of Chateau Latour in 2021

JS  100   
WS  99   
ST  98   
JR  19.5   
RP  96   
5 available
Bid *

1983 Les Forts de Latour

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

1985 Les Forts de Latour

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

1990 Les Forts de Latour

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

WS  94   
RP  90   

1990 Les Forts de Latour

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

WS  94   
RP  90   

1995 Les Forts de Latour

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  91   

2000 Les Forts de Latour

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  91   
JR  18   

2006 Les Forts de Latour

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  91   
4 available
Bid *

2006 Les Forts de Latour

Capsule condition issue; heavy label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  91   
2 available
Bid *

2006 Les Forts de Latour

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  91   

1979 Château Margaux

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

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   

1979 Château Margaux

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   

1979 Château Margaux

5.0ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   

1981 Château Margaux

375ml

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

WS  95   
RP  91   

1981 Château Margaux

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

WS  95   
RP  91   

1981 Château Margaux

Base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  91   

1981 Château Margaux

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  91   

1981 Château Margaux

Base neck fill

WS  95   
RP  91   

1981 Château Margaux

3.0ltr

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

WS  95   
RP  91   

1982 Château Margaux

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

RP  98   
JS  97   
ST  96   
WS  94   
JR  18.5   

1983 Château Margaux

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

WS  98   
RP  96   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  */***