CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE 2003 EDITION

CHAPTER 1: USING THIS BOOK

CHAPTER 2: A SUMMARY OF BORDEAUX VINTAGES: 1945–2001

CHAPTER 3: EVALUATING THE WINES OF BORDEAUX

St.-Estèphe

Pauillac

St.-Julien

Margaux and the Southern Médoc

The Lesser-Known Appellations: Médoc, Haut-Médoc, Listrac, and Moulis

The Red and White Wines of Pessac-Léognan and Graves

Pomerol

St.-Emilion

Barsac and Sauternes

The Satellite Appellations of Bordeaux

CHAPTER 4: THE BORDEAUX WINE CLASSIFICATIONS

CHAPTER 5: THE ELEMENTS FOR MAKING GREAT BORDEAUX WINE

CHAPTER 6: A USER’S GUIDE TO BORDEAUX

CHAPTER 7: A VISITOR’S GUIDE TO BORDEAUX

CHAPTER 8: A GLOSSARY OF WINE TERMS

ABOUT ROBERT M. PARKER, JR.

INDEX