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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.

1995 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  95   
JR  19   
ST  93+    

1996 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Lightly elevated cork

DE  99   
WA  98   
VN  97   
JS  97   
ST  96+    
CT  95.7   
WS  95   
JR  18.5   

2004 Château Lafite-Rothschild

RP  95   
WS  93   
ST  93   
JR  18   

2006 Château Lafite-Rothschild

RP  97   
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17   

2014 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

JS  98   
WE  97   
WA  95   
WS  95   

2015 Château Lafite-Rothschild

WA  96+    
WS  95   

2009 Château Lafite-Rothschild

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  100   
RP  99+    
WS  98   
CT  96.6   
VN  96+    
JR  19   

2019 Château Lafite-Rothschild

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
WS  98   

2021 Château Lafite-Rothschild

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  98   
JS  97   
DE  97   
WA  96+    
VN  95   
JD  94   
JR  17.5+    

1982 Château Margaux

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

RP  98   
JS  97   
ST  96   
WS  94   
JR  18.5   

1983 Château Margaux

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

WS  98   
RP  96   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  */***   

1984 Château Margaux

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

WS  91   

1984 Château Margaux

Lightly elevated cork; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1985 Château Margaux

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

WA  96   
RP  95   

1986 Château Margaux

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

RP  98   
WS  93   
JR  17+    

1986 Château Margaux

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

RP  98   
WS  93   
JR  17+    

1988 Château Margaux

Light label condition issue

WS  96   

1989 Château Margaux

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

WS  97   
CT  94.3   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1989 Château Margaux

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  97   
CT  94.3   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1989 Château Margaux

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill or better

WS  97   
CT  94.3   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1989 Château Margaux

Lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WS  97   
CT  94.3   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1989 Château Margaux

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  97   
CT  94.3   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1992 Château Margaux

Lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1998 Château Margaux

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  92   
ST  92+    
JR  18.5   
RP  91   

1998 Château Margaux

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

WS  92   
ST  92+    
JR  18.5   
RP  91