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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.

2022 Château Siran

1.5ltr

JS  94   
DE  94   
VN  93   
JD  93   
WA  92   
JR  17+    

1988 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

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

WA  92   

1990 Château Le Bon-Pasteur

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  91   
WS  90   

2017 Château Valandraud

Light label condition issue

VN  98   
JD  97   
WS  96   
WE  96   
WA  93-95   
CT  93.3   
JR  16.5   

2021 Château Valandraud

JS  96   
VN  94   
DE  94   
JD  94+    
CT  93.1   
WS  92   
WA  90   
JR  15.5   

2022 Château Valandraud

Lightly elevated cork

JD  99   
JS  97   
VN  96   
CT  95.6   
DE  96   
WS  95   
JR  18   

2000 Château Cantenac-Brown

Lightly elevated cork

WA  92-94   
WS  92   
RP  90   

1983 Château Phelan-Segur

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

2010 Château Phelan-Segur

ST  91   

2005 Château Doisy Daene

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
WS  92   
RP  91   
JR  16   

2005 Château Batailley

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
JR  17   

2015 Château Batailley

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WE  93   
JD  93   
VN  91   

1978 Château Certan-De-May

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

1979 Château Certan-De-May

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

RP  93   
WS  90   

1970 Château La Tour-Blanche

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

2005 Château La Tour-Blanche

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  91   

1999 Château Doisy Vedrines

375ml

ST  91   

2004 Château Doisy Vedrines

Light label condition issue

ST  88-90   

2005 Château De Fargues

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95-100   
RP  93-95   
ST  92   
JR  17.5   

2005 Château Quinault L'Enclos

RP  94   
ST  93   
WS  92   

1986 Château La Tour Haut Brion

Light label condition issue

1986 Château Filhot

24-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 375ml

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2000 Château Olivier

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

1981 Château Angludet

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

1985 Château Les Ormes-de-Pez

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