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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.

1990 Château d'Yquem

375ml

RP  99   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  18   

1995 Château d'Yquem

WA  95   
JR  18.5   
MB  ***/*   
2 available
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2001 Château d'Yquem

375ml

RP  100   
WS  100   
JS  100   
JR  19.5   
WS  #10 of 2005   
4 available
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2001 Château d'Yquem

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  100   
JS  100   
JR  19.5   
WS  #10 of 2005   

2002 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

WS  96   
WA  93   
JR  18   

2014 Château d'Yquem

375ml

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  96-98   
JR  19   
2 available
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2015 Château d'Yquem

375ml

WA  100   
JS  99   
WS  98   

1983 Château d'Yquem

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; Light case condition issue

RP  96   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

1990 Château d'Yquem

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Case condition issue

RP  99   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  18   

2009 Château d'Yquem

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

WA  100   
WS  98   
JS  98   
VN  97-100   
JR  19+    

2017 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

JS  98   
VN  92   
JR  17   

1916 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; heavy label condition issue; previously refurbished

1947 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Heavy capsule condition issue; heavy signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   

1949 Château La Mission Haut Brion

375ml

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  91   

1990 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  99   
WS  95   
JR  18   

2020 Château La Mission Haut Brion

VN  98   
JD  93   
2 available
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2020 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Light label condition issue

VN  98   
JD  93   

1998 La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
JR  17   
2 available
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1966 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

Capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

WA  91   
MB  ****   

1978 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

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

RP  92   

1978 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  92   

1981 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

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

WS  93   

1988 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

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

WS  91   
RP  90   
2 available
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2006 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

375ml

RP  95   
ST  93   
WS  92   
JR  17.5   
11 available
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2009 Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande

Label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
VN  94   
JR  17   
4 available
Bid *