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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.

1988 Château Lafite-Rothschild

3.0ltr

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

RP  94   
WS  90   
JR  17.5   

1996 Château Lafite-Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  100   
ST  96+    
WS  95   
JR  19   

2000 Château Lafite-Rothschild

WS  100   
WE  99   
RP  98+    
ST  96   
JR  18.5   

2000 Château Lafite-Rothschild

WS  100   
WE  99   
RP  98+    
ST  96   
JR  18.5   

2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light label condition issue

JS  100   
WS  98   
JR  19.5   
ST  97   
RP  96   

1959 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
WS  98   
ST  93   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

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

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

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

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

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

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

Lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

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

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

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

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

1.5ltr

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

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

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96+    
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2000 Château Latour

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

WS  100   
RP  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   

1959 Château Margaux

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

MB  *****   
WS  93   

2015 Château Margaux

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  99   
WS  99   
VN  99   

1959 Château Haut-Brion

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; 4.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

JR  20   
MB  *****   
WS  98   
RP  93   
ST  93   
CC  17.5   

1989 Château Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
JS  100   
ST  97   
JR  19   
4 available
Bid *

2000 Château Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

2000 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

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

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   
4 available
Bid *

2000 Château Haut-Brion

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

1982 Petrus

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

MB  *****   
WA  96   
WS  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   
JR  18+    

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