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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.

1998 Château L'Evangile

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  98   
ST  93   
RP  92   
2 available
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2019 Château L'Evangile

Light label condition issue

WS  96   
JS  96   
JD  96-98   
WA  94   
WE  94   
VN  91   
JR  16.5   

1986 Château Talbot

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  91   
DE  ***   

2019 Château Talbot

WS  95   
WA  93   
WS  #4 of 2022   

2003 Château Ausone

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95+    
JR  18.5   

2010 Château Branaire-Ducru

JS  94   
RP  93-95   
WS  92-95   
VN  92+    
JR  17.5   

2005 Blason d'Issan

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
JR  17   
6 available
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2005 Blason d'Issan

RP  90   
JR  17   
5 available
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2016 Château Larcis-Ducasse

JS  99   
VN  97   
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  95   
WE  93   
JR  17   

1961 Château Brane-Cantenac

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

MB  ***   

2003 Clos Fourtet

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
JS  94   
WS  93   
ST  90   
JR  15.5   

1975 Château Suduiraut

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1975 Château Suduiraut

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

2001 Château Prieure-Lichine

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2 available
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1970 Château Giscours

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

1986 Château Giscours

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

3 available
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1986 Château Giscours

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

2 available
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1986 Château Giscours

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

1986 Château Giscours

Lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1986 Château Giscours

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1986 Château Giscours

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

1989 Château Giscours

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

WS  92   

1999 Château La Lagune

Light label condition issue

1999 Château La Lagune

2016 Château d'Armailhac

JS  95   
JD  94   
WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  92   
WE  90   
JR  16   
10 available
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