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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.

2000 Carruades de Lafite

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2000 Carruades de Lafite

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

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2000 Carruades de Lafite

Lightly elevated cork

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2000 Carruades de Lafite

Lightly depressed cork

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2003 Carruades de Lafite

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  93   
JR  16   

2012 Carruades de Lafite

JS  92   
WS  90   
JR  16   
2 available
Bid *

1978 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

WS  94   
JR  17   
MB  ***   
4 available
Bid

1978 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

WS  94   
JR  17   
MB  ***   
2 available
Bid

1982 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

RP  97+    
JS  96   
ST  95+    
CT  95.2   
WS  94   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1982 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

RP  97+    
JS  96   
ST  95+    
CT  95.2   
WS  94   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1983 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   
3 available
Bid

1983 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Base neck fill; label condition issue

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

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

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

1990 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

RP  96   
JR  19   
WS  94   

1990 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

RP  96   
JR  19   
WS  94   

1991 Château Lafite-Rothschild

3 available
Bid

1991 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2 available
Bid

1991 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1996 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  100   
ST  96+    
CT  95.8   
WS  95   
JR  19   

2000 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light label condition issue

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

2002 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  92+    
JR  17.5   
3 available
Bid *

2002 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  92+    
JR  17.5   

2002 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  92+    
JR  17.5   

2002 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  92+    
JR  17.5