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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.

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1983 Château Rieussec

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1997 Château Climens

500ml

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  94   
ST  90   

1997 Château Climens

500ml

Label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  94   
ST  90   

1997 Château Climens

500ml

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

RP  94   
WS  94   
ST  90   

1983 Château Raymond-Lafon

Heavy capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   

2009 Château Raymond-Lafon

375ml

Label condition issue; Vintage verified on back label

WA  93   
WS  93   

1998 Château Raymond-Lafon

375ml

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WA  93   

2005 Château La Tour-Blanche

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  91   

2006 Château Suduiraut

Heavy label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   

2005 Château Suduiraut

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
ST  92   
JR  18   

2004 Château Rieussec

Label condition issue

WS  92-94   

1988 Château Suduiraut

375ml

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

WS  92   

1988 Château Suduiraut

Heavy capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  92   

2007 Château Raymond-Lafon

375ml

Lightly depressed cork

WA  92   

1997 Château Suduiraut

375ml

Label condition issue

ST  92   
WS  90   

1997 Château Suduiraut

Lightly depressed cork; heavy label condition issue

ST  92   
WS  90   

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   

1997 Château Rieussec

Heavy label condition issue

ST  92   
RP  91   
JR  17   

1988 Château Nairac

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill; heavy label condition issue

WS  91   

1989 Château Raymond-Lafon

375ml

Lightly elevated cork

RP  91   
ST  90   

1989 Château Raymond-Lafon

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
ST  90   

1983 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

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

WS  91   
MB  ****   

1983 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

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

WS  91   
MB  ****