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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.

1981 Château Margaux

5.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
CT  92   
RP  91   

2005 Château Margaux

1.5ltr

WS  100   
JS  100   
RP  98+    
ST  98+    
JR  18.5   

1989 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; 3.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
JS  100   
ST  97   
CT  97.4   
JR  19   

1989 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; 3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
JS  100   
ST  97   
CT  97.4   
JR  19   

1995 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; 3 cm ullage; label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  94   
ST  93   
JR  18   

2016 Château Montrose

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JD  100   
VN  98   
JS  98   
CT  96.4   
JR  18.5   

1981 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  91   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
CT  96.6   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
CT  96.6   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
CT  96.6   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  94   
WA  93   
JS  93   
VN  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
WS  99   
CT  95.8   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  **/***   

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  100   
WS  99   
CT  95.8   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  **/***   

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
WS  99   
CT  95.8   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  **/***   

1990 Château Mouton Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  97   
VN  94   
JR  17.5   

1996 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  96   
RP  94   
JR  18   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  96+    
CT  94.6   
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

RP  96+    
CT  94.6   
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue

RP  96+    
CT  94.6   
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2001 Château Mouton Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; heavy label condition issue

WS  94   
ST  91+    
JR  18   

2001 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  94   
ST  91+    
JR  18   

2003 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95+    
WS  94   
WE  94   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

2003 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue

RP  95+    
WS  94   
WE  94   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

2017 Château Mouton Rothschild

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

JS  98   
WS  97   
WA  96+    
JD  96   
CT  95.1   
VN  93+    
JR  17+    

2000 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  100   
WE  99   
RP  98+    
ST  96   
CT  95.8   
JR  18.5