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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.

1970 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

RP  90   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1970 Château d'Yquem

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

RP  90   
JR  17   
MB  ***   

1994 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

1996 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Label condition issue

DE  *****   
WS  96   
RP  95   
JR  18.5   

1999 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

RP  92   
JR  17.5   

1999 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  17.5   

2000 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

WA  90   
JR  17   

2000 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Label condition issue

WA  90   
JR  17   

2002 Château d'Yquem

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
WA  93   
JR  18   

2005 Château d'Yquem

WA  97   
WS  97   
JS  95   
JR  18.5   

2005 Château d'Yquem

Light label condition issue

WA  97   
WS  97   
JS  95   
JR  18.5   

2015 Château d'Yquem

WA  100   
JS  99   
WS  98   
CT  96.5   

1983 Château d'Yquem

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  96   
CT  95.3   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

2004 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1982 Château Rieussec

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

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1997 Château Rieussec

Heavy label condition issue

ST  92   
RP  91   
JR  17   

2004 Château Rieussec

Label condition issue

WS  92-94   

1983 Château Rieussec

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1984 Château Rieussec R de Rieussec

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

1967 Château Suduiraut

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

WA  94   
VN  93   

1970 Château Suduiraut

Heavy capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

MB  ***   

1970 Château Suduiraut

Heavy capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

MB  ***