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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.

1980 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1981 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

RP  91   
MB  ***   

1983 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ***   

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

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

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1987 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

1988 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  90   
JR  17.5   

1981 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  91   
MB  ***   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1983 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  94   
WA  93   
JS  93   
VN  92   
JR  18   
MB  ****   

1985 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

MB  *****   
RP  90   

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  100   
WS  99   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  **/***   

1987 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

1988 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

JS  93   
WS  92   
JR  17+    
MB  ***/*   

1988 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

JS  93   
WS  92   
JR  17+    
MB  ***/*   

1988 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

JS  93   
WS  92   
JR  17+    
MB  ***/*   

1989 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   
VN  90   
JR  18   
MB  ***/**   

1989 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   
VN  90   
JR  18   
MB  ***/**   

1986 Château Latour

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1985 Château Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   

1980 Château Haut-Brion Blanc

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

1980 Château Cheval-Blanc

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

1981 Château Cheval-Blanc

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

RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ****