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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.

2000 Carruades de Lafite

1.5ltr

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

2000 Carruades de Lafite

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
JR  16   
DE  ****   

1996 Château Angelus

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
ST  90-92   
JR  17   

2001 Château Angelus

RP  97   
WS  92   
ST  91   
JR  17.5   

2005 Château Angelus

RP  100   
JS  97   
ST  96   
WS  95   
JR  18   
4 available
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2020 Château Angelus

JS  99   
JD  98   
WA  97   
VN  96-98   
3 available
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2020 Château Angelus

JS  99   
JD  98   
WA  97   
VN  96-98   

1966 Château Ausone

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

1966 Château Ausone

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

2000 Château Ausone

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WE  98   
WS  97   
ST  97+    
JR  18   

2017 Château Ausone

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Light case condition issue

WA  98   

2016 Château Branaire-Ducru, Château Gruaud-Larose, Pauillac de Chateau Latour

3-bottle Horizontal

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2000 Château Calon-Segur

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  91+    
ST  90+    
JR  17   

1967 Château Cheval-Blanc

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1981 Château Cheval-Blanc

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

2000 Château Cheval-Blanc

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  99   
WE  97   
VN  94+    
WS  93   
JR  18.5   

1949 Château Climens

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

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Château Leoville-Las-Cases, Château Pichon-Longueville-Comtesse-de-Lalande, Cos d'Estournel

4-bottle Horizontal

1966 Château d'Yquem

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue; writing on label

MB  ****   

1983 Château d'Yquem

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

RP  96   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

1988 Château d'Yquem

RP  99   
JR  19.5   
WS  94   

2014 Château d'Yquem

375ml

WS  98   
JS  98   
WA  96-98   
JR  19   
2 available
Bid *

2015 Château d'Yquem

375ml

WA  100   
JS  99   
WS  98   

2019 Château d'Yquem

Light label condition issue

VN  95+    
JR  17   

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