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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.

1943 Château d'Yquem

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; heavy label condition issue

MB  *****   

1983 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  96   
CT  95.3   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

1983 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

RP  96   
CT  95.3   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

1983 Château d'Yquem

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

RP  96   
CT  95.3   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

1990 Château d'Yquem

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  99   
WS  95   
CT  95.4   
ST  94   
JR  18   

1999 Château d'Yquem

RP  92   
JR  17.5   

2004 Château d'Yquem

1.5ltr

WS  95-100   
WA  92   
JR  18.5   

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   

2009 Château d'Yquem

375ml

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

2013 Château d'Yquem

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  98   
JS  98   
CT  96.2   
WA  95-97   
JR  19+    
VN  93-96   

2021 Château d'Yquem

375ml

JS  97   
WA  95   
VN  90   
JR  16.5   

2009 Château d'Yquem

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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

2013 Château d'Yquem

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WS  98   
JS  98   
CT  96.2   
WA  95-97   
JR  19+    
VN  93-96   

2004 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

2017 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

Light label condition issue

JS  98   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2017 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

JS  98   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2015 Château d'Yquem Ygrec "Y"

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WS  95   
CT  94.1   
WA  92   

1983 Château Calon-Segur

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

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   

2002 Château Calon-Segur

Light label condition issue

WS  92-94   
ST  90-93   
DE  ****   

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