Bordeaux in Depth

After a week in Bordeaux, I came home to a fitting welcome: an incredible selection of aged Bordeaux, including impressive verticals and back vintages, all with impeccable provenance from our own perfect storage. These wines have come our way thanks to our longstanding relationships with our storage clients, and we get to pass this bounty along to you. (Hopefully you’re already storing with us; if not, find out more here.)

This is a wide and diverse offering, with price points for all collectors, whether Bordeaux is your go-to or you’re just dipping your toes into this vast and arguably most important collectible category. Many of these wines are beautifully mature and ready to drink now, while others have years of life ahead of them.

Something that was reinforced during my week in Bordeaux is that for the best châteaux, there’s really no such thing as an “off” vintage. Some of the most memorable wines I tasted weren’t from the headline vintages at all – a reminder that great châteaux have a remarkable ability to transcend vintage conditions. While we’ve certainly got the vintages that rule the Bordeaux index (2000, 2005, 2010, and so on), don’t miss the range of 2004, 2008 and 2012.

At the top end, highlights include the legendary 1989 Haut-Brion (100 WA), 1998 Cheval Blanc (100 WA), 2016 Mouton Rothschild in magnum (100 WA), and beautifully mature 1989 Lynch-Bages (99 WA). Equally enticing are the more accessible selections, from the celebrated 2005 Malescot St. Exupéry ($115, 96 WA) and 2018 Léoville Poyferré ($115, 97 WA) to the often-overlooked 2004 Cos d’Estournel ($145, 94 WA) and 2012 Pape Clément ($80, 97 WA). This is just a portion of the Bordeaux we have on offer, so we invite you to browse the full selection here. And if you’re looking for a special vintage, just drop us a note and we’ll be on the hunt.