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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

1966 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

WA  96   
VN  94   
MB  ****   

1985 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

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

2001 Château Lafite-Rothschild

WS  96   
RP  94   
ST  93   
JR  18   
WS  #7 of 2004   

2005 Duclot Caisse Collection

9-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

1970 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

WS  96   
VN  94   
RP  93   
JR  16.5   
MB  ***   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

RP  96+    
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2003 Château Mouton Rothschild

RP  95+    
WS  94   
WE  94   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

1993 Château Mouton Rothschild Balthus

Lightly elevated cork

RP  90   
WS  90   
JS  90   
JR  16.5   

1966 Château Margaux

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

WA  91   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

1994 Château Margaux

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  91+    
WS  90   

2000 Château Margaux

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
ST  98   
JR  18+    
2 available
Bid *

2008 Château Margaux

RP  94   
VN  93+    
WS  91   
JR  17   

1995 Château Margaux

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light capsule condition issue; Light case condition issue

WS  100   
RP  95   
ST  94+    
JR  18.5   

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

1964 Château Latour

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  91   

1970 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1970 Château Latour

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

MB  *****   
JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1975 Château Latour

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
MB  ***   

2004 Château Latour

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  15.5   

1964 Château Haut-Brion

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****   

1964 Château Haut-Brion

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; 5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  90   
MB  ****