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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.

2005 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Light label condition issue

WA  97   
WS  97   
JS  95   
JR  18.5   

2006 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Light label condition issue

WA  95+    
WS  95-100   
ST  95   
JR  19   

2021 Château d'Yquem

375ml

JS  97   
WA  95   
VN  90   
JR  16.5   

1995 Château Calon-Segur

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WS  96   
WA  95   
RP  92   
ST  91   
JR  18   
DE  ***   

2000 Château Calon-Segur

Light capsule condition issue

WS  93   
RP  91+    
ST  90+    
JR  17   

2000 Château Calon-Segur

WS  93   
RP  91+    
ST  90+    
JR  17   

2005 Château Calon-Segur

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

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  92+    

2009 Château Calon-Segur

Light label condition issue

RP  94+    
VN  94   
WS  93-96   
JR  18   

2015 Château Calon-Segur

Light label condition issue

WE  96   
JS  95   
VN  94   
WA  93   
WS  93   
JD  93   
JR  16   

2016 Château Calon-Segur

JS  98   
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
VN  96   
JR  18.5   

2019 Château Calon-Segur

VN  98   
JD  97   
WS  96   
JS  96   
WA  93   
JR  18   

2019 Château Calon-Segur

Light label condition issue

VN  98   
JD  97   
WS  96   
JS  96   
WA  93   
JR  18   

2019 Château Calon-Segur

VN  98   
JD  97   
WS  96   
JS  96   
WA  93   
JR  18   

2020 Château Calon-Segur

Light label condition issue

JD  99   
WA  97   
WE  97   
VN  96   
JS  96   
WS  95   

2020 Château Calon-Segur

JD  99   
WA  97   
WE  97   
VN  96   
JS  96   
WS  95   

1986 Château Rieussec

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  91   

2001 Château Rieussec

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  99   
ST  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2004   

2001 Château Rieussec

Light label condition issue

WS  100   
DE  *****   
RP  99   
ST  95   
WA  93   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2004   

1990 Château Suduiraut

1.5ltr

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

WS  95   
ST  92   

1997 Château Suduiraut

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

ST  92   
WS  90   

2001 Château Climens

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
JR  19   
ST  94+    

1967 Château Sigalas-Rabaud

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