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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.

1980 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

2 available
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1980 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light label condition issue

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1963 Château Latour

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

1963 Château Latour

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

1987 Château Margaux

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

1987 Château Margaux

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

1987 Château Margaux

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

1987 Château Margaux

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

1978 Château Pontet-Canet

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1975 Château Pontet-Canet

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Case condition issue

1993 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Label condition issue

3 available
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1993 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Heavy label condition issue; vintage verified by capsule

1916 Château La Mission Haut Brion

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

1976 Château La Mission Haut Brion

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1971 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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

2008 Alter Ego

6 available
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