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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.

2009 Bordeaux Caisse Collection

9-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

2005 Duclot Caisse Collection

9-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

1916 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; heavy label condition issue; previously refurbished

1947 Château La Mission Haut Brion

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

RP  95   
WS  95   

1949 Château La Mission Haut Brion

375ml

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  91   

1966 Château La Mission Haut Brion

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

WA  94   
WS  93   
JR  17   

1975 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill or better; light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  93+    
WS  90   

1975 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  93+    
WS  90   

1990 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  99   
WS  95   
JR  18   

2020 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Light label condition issue

VN  98   
JD  93   

1998 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

WS  94   
RP  90   
ST  90   

1998 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  90   
ST  90   

2000 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

RP  94   
WE  93   
WS  90   
ST  90+    
JR  17.5   

2009 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

RP  100   
WS  96   
JS  96   
VN  94+    
JR  18   

2010 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

Light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  96   
JS  95   
ST  94+    
JR  18   

2016 Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte

WA  98   
VN  98   
WS  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
JD  97   
JR  17   

1970 Château Pape-Clement

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

1986 Château Pape-Clement

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

WS  92   
WA  90   

2016 Château Pape-Clement

JS  98   
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
VN  96   
WE  95   
JR  17   

2005 Château Haut-Bailly

Light label condition issue

RP  96+    
WS  95   
JS  95   
ST  92+    
JR  17.5   

1970 Château Malartic-Lagraviere

Light capsule condition issue; low shoulder fill; label condition issue

1985 Château Malartic-Lagraviere

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1985 Château Malartic-Lagraviere

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1982 Château Olivier

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

WS  90   

1982 Château Olivier

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

WS  90