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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.

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96+    
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

1985 Pavillon Rouge du Margaux

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill

WS  93   

1970 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 6.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WS  90   

2010 Cos d'Estournel

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  97+    
WS  95   
ST  94+    
JR  18.5   

1994 Petrus

1.5ltr

Label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   

2000 Château Cheval-Blanc

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  99   
WE  97   
VN  94+    
WS  93   
JR  18.5   

1998 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1.5ltr

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  92+    

1998 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  92+    

2017 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JS  98   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2000 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

6.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WE  96   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  17.5   

2012 Alter Ego

1.5ltr

JS  94   
RP  93   
VN  92   
WS  90   

1998 Château Palmer

6.0ltr

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

RP  91   
WS  90   
ST  90-91   

1970 Château Pavie

1.5ltr

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

MB  ***   

2005 Château Leoville-Poyferre

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WE  94   
RP  93   
ST  93   
WS  92   
JR  17   

2000 Château La Conseillante

6.0ltr

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  90   
ST  90-93   
JR  17.5   

1976 Château Rieussec

1.5ltr

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

RP  90   
MB  ****   

1976 Château Rieussec

1.5ltr

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

RP  90   
MB  ****   

1989 Château Gruaud-Larose

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
JR  16   

1989 Château Gruaud-Larose

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   
JR  16   

2010 Château Gruaud-Larose

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JS  94   
RP  93+    
WS  93   
ST  92+    
JR  16   

2006 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  18   
2 available
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2000 Château Ausone

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WE  98   
WS  97   
ST  97+    
JR  18   

2000 Duluc de Branaire-Ducru

1.5ltr

2000 Duluc de Branaire-Ducru

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

2010 Château Cantenac-Brown

1.5ltr

WE  95   
RP  94+    
VN  94   
WS  92   
ST  90+    
JR  16   
3 available
Bid *