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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.

1961 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

MB  ***   

1968 Château d'Yquem

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

1983 Château d'Yquem

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  96   
CT  95.3   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

2015 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
CT  94.1   
WA  92   

2017 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

1.5ltr

Label condition issue

JS  98   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2013 Carmes de Rieussec

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
WA  88-90   
WB     

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1983 Château Rieussec

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

WS  94   
RP  92   
JR  18   

1983 Château Rieussec

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 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   

1967 Château Suduiraut

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

WA  94   
VN  93   

2014 Lions De Suduiraut

Light label condition issue

1975 Château Climens

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

JR  19.5   

1975 Château Climens

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

JR  19.5   

1975 Château Climens

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

JR  19.5   

2012 Château Climens

WS  93   
WA  91   
JR  15+    

1986 Château Climens

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

RP  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

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  ****   

1983 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

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

WS  91   
MB  ****   

1983 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

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

WS  91   
MB  ****   

1983 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

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

WS  91   
MB  ****   

1986 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage

RP  92   

1947 Château Coutet

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

2001 Château Coutet

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  93+