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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.

2003 Le Marquis de Calon Segur

Light label condition issue

1995 Château Rauzan-Segla "Segla"

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2018 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Light label condition issue

VN  96   
WS  95   
JS  94   
WA  93   
JR  16+    

2007 Château Malescot-St Exupery

Lightly elevated cork

WS  90   
ST  88-90   

2013 Château Larcis-Ducasse

JS  93   
WS  91   
VN  90-92   
JR  16   

2000 Château La Petite Eglise

WS  90   

1991 Château Clerc-Milon

Elevated cork; base neck fill

2009 Château Baron De Brane

2005 Château Cantemerle

WS  89-91   

2020 Château Gloria

VN  95   
JS  94   
WS  93   
JD  93   
WA  92   
CT  91.9   
JR  16.5+    

2006 Château Monbousquet

RP  92   
ST  91   

1981 Château Prieure-Lichine

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

1981 Château Prieure-Lichine

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

1995 Château Prieure-Lichine

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1995 Château Prieure-Lichine

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

2018 Château Prieure-Lichine

WE  95   
JS  94   
JD  93   
WS  92   
WA  91   
VN  90   
JR  17   

1988 Clos du Marquis

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

2016 Château Sociando-Mallet

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

JS  94   
WA  92-94   
JD  92   
VN  91+    
JR  16   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

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

RP  90   
WS  90   

1986 Château Meyney

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90