US$1,482.22 Very top shoulder, Soiled label. L’Abbé Gruaud, worthy representative of the Noblesse de Robe, which typified the Pre-Revolutionary Ancien Regime of France, initiated the story of the château in 1725. He wanted a wine with elegance and power and was rapidly successful. Early records of the famous Bordeaux wine-broker Lawton spoke of the wines of a certain “Sire Gruaud”...

US$837.78 Reconditioned at the Chateau, Perfect. Born in 1762 during the reign of Louis XV and died in1853 under Napoleon III, at the remarkable age of 91, Louis Gaspard d'Estournel had one sole passion: Cos. Having inherited a few vines near the village of Cos, he recognized, in 1811, the quality of their wine and decided to vinify them separately....

US$547.78 Neg. Born in 1762 during the reign of Louis XV and died in1853 under Napoleon III, at the remarkable age of 91, Louis Gaspard d'Estournel had one sole passion: Cos. Having inherited a few vines near the village of Cos, he recognized, in 1811, the quality of their wine and decided to vinify them separately. Very rapidly, Cos d'Estournel's...

US$50,911.10 In 1832 Château Figeac sold 15 hectares/37 acres to M. Laussac-Fourcaud, including part of the narrow gravel ridge that runs through Figeac and neighboring vineyards and reaches Château Pétrus just over the border in Pomerol. This became Château Cheval Blanc which, in the International London and Paris Exhibitions in 1862 and 1867, won medals still prominent on its labels....

US$3,157.78 Bottled by Vandermeulen. In 1832 Château Figeac sold 15 hectares/37 acres to M. Laussac-Fourcaud, including part of the narrow gravel ridge that runs through Figeac and neighboring vineyards and reaches Château Pétrus just over the border in Pomerol. This became Château Cheval Blanc which, in the International London and Paris Exhibitions in 1862 and 1867, won medals still prominent...

US$805.55 The vineyard of château Certan de May, one of the highest in the appellation, is set next to Petrus. Its old vines, with an average age of thirty years, are planted on clay and gravel. Harvested late and thus benefiting from the full maturity of the grapes, this wine of Pomerol reveals a very high level of quality. Its...

US$76.04 A truly stunning and huge wine, Gruaud has often been a little rustic but the 2010 is refined, yet overflowing in all departments. The highest levels of tannins ever seen at Gruaud are quietened and second string to the dense yet beautifully focused, cool fruit. A powerful experience with waves of precisely defined blackberry fruit, super-fine tannins and freshness...

US$213.40 The 2012 Grands Echézeaux from Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret is a great young wine and a very impressive example of just how special this vintage is in the Côte de Nuits. The exceptional and quite classic bouquet offers up scents of red and black plums, cocoa, duck, woodsmoke, a beautifully complex base of soil tones and a very suave base of...

US$1,147.11 The name of Calon Segur is rooted deep in the history of Bordeaux. The domain is indeed located on an old town, which at the time Gallo-Roman period, was called ""Calones. The town in which the château is set was long called St. Estephe de Calon. In the eighteenth century, the Marquis de Segur, Speaker of the Parliament of...

US$386.67 Bottled by Delaage, Great Level The Beauregard estate as we see it today dates back to the late 18th century, the time of the construction of the current château and also when viticulture was established as the predominant activity on the property. The origins of the Beauregard estate perhaps lie with the Knights Hospitalliers of St John of Jerusalem,...

US$464.00 In 1563, his father, Joseph de La Chassaigne, created the suburban villa of Ausone at Le Bouscat. Chateau Ausone is one of the few famed Bordeaux wine estates that have seldom changed hands over the years. In fact, only 3 different families have owned this St. Emilion estate since it was originally created. Which is quite a feat when...

US$845.51 The owners of Chateau Angelus have a long history in the Bordeaux wine region. In fact, the family can trace their Bordeaux roots all the way back to 1400! That is the first time the de Bouard de Laforest family is known to have been in St. Emilion. The story of Chateau is only slightly more recent. It dates...