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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 Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

Capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ****   

1982 Petrus

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

MB  *****   
WA  96   
WS  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   
JR  18+    

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  94   
WA  93   
JS  93   
VN  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   
7 available
Bid *

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

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

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

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

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

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

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

JS  96   
JG  96   
WA  93   
VN  93   
WS  90   
ST  90   
JR  18   

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

JS  96   
JG  96   
WA  93   
VN  93   
WS  90   
ST  90   
JR  18   

1985 Château Margaux

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

WA  96   
RP  95   

1986 Château Leoville-Barton

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WA  94   
RP  92   
WS  90   
DE  ****   

1986 Château Leoville-Barton

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

WA  94   
RP  92   
WS  90   
DE  ****   

1990 Château Canon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WA  93   
WS  91   
3 available
Bid *

1990 Château Canon

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
WS  91   

1995 Château Lynch-Bages

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

WA  94   
WS  94   
JR  17+    

1995 Château Calon-Segur

375ml

WS  96   
WA  95   
RP  92   
ST  91   
JR  18   
DE  ***   

1995 Château Calon-Segur

WS  96   
WA  95   
RP  92   
ST  91   
JR  18   
DE  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1995 Château Trotanoy

Light capsule condition issue

WS  97   
WA  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   

1998 Château Suduiraut

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
ST  91+    

2001 Château Rieussec

375ml

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

2001 Château Rieussec

375ml

Light label condition issue

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

2001 Château Rieussec

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

2001 Château Suduiraut

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  95   
WA  94   
JR  17   
WS  #9 of 2004   
4 available
Bid

2001 Château Suduiraut

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  95   
WA  94   
JR  17   
WS  #9 of 2004   

2001 Château Suduiraut

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  98   
ST  95   
WA  94   
JR  17   
WS  #9 of 2004   

2001 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

375ml

JS  96   
WS  95   
ST  93   
WA  92   
JR  17   
4 available
Bid *