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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.

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   

1989 Château Montrose

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  99   
WS  96   
JR  18   
DE  ****   

1989 Château Talbot

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

DE  ***   

1984 Château Clerc-Milon

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

1983 Château Suduiraut

375ml

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

MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1983 Château Suduiraut

375ml

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

MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1983 Château Suduiraut

375ml

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

MB  ***   

1983 Château Suduiraut

375ml

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

MB  ***   

1989 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  94   

1989 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Light label condition issue

WS  94   

1986 Château Climens

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

RP  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

1986 Château Climens

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

1986 Château Climens

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

RP  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

1982 Château Olivier

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

WS  90   
8 available
Bid *

1982 Château Olivier

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

WS  90   
2 available
Bid *

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   

1982 Château Olivier

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

WS  90   

1988 Château Raymond-Lafon

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   

1986 Château Rayne-Vigneau

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

WS  91   
RP  90   

1986 Château Larose-Trintaudon

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

1986 Château Larose-Trintaudon

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

1986 Château Larose-Trintaudon

Signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1986 Château Larose-Trintaudon

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1986 Château Bastor-Lamontagne

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue