The Great wine Chateaux of Bordeaux by Duijker, Hubrecht
The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux By Hubrecht Duijker (Collectible First Edition)
The Definitive 1970s Visual and Historical Survey of France's Premier Wine-Growing Appellations, Chateaux, and Cellars
The Definitive 1970s Visual and Historical Survey of France's Premier Wine-Growing Appellations, Chateaux, and Cellars
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux
- Author: Hubrecht Duijker
- Contributor / Essayist: Michael Broadbent
- Publisher: Hastings House Publishers, New York
- Publication Date: 1975
- ISBN-10: 0803826733
- ISBN-13: 9780803826731
- Edition Details: First American Edition, First Printing (Collectible Wine Reference Release)
- Binding: Original publisher's premium hardcover cloth boards, complete with the original illustrated dust jacket, now beautifully preserved and stabilized inside a clear Cellophane archival sleeve.
- Physical Format: Large Format Quarto (4to), 200 pages. Richly enhanced with an extensive cartographic bordeaux atlas mapping over 2,000 chateaux, precise technical data blocks, tasting matrices, and full-color architectural and cellar photography.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: The original publisher's cloth casing remains structurally robust, square-cornered, and remarkably flat. The spine is completely uncreased, unbruised, and straight, with crisp head and tail bands showing no signs of shelf-bumping.
- Interior: The inner hinges and binding are pristine and flawless. The text block is robust, tight, and highly sound. Internal pages and color plates are clean, bright white, and completely intact. Free from standard consumer ink inscriptions, wine stains, damp-warping, or dealer pencil annotations.
- Preservation: Meticulously looked after, carefully maintained, and now fully stabilized in a premium Cellophane sleeve to shield the binding from future edge wear.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good (VG)
- Condition: Present, complete, and unclipped. Displays very limited, minor signs of storage shelf wear and light surface rubbing along the perimeter borders and spine edges. Beautifully consolidated, clean, and seamlessly showcased beneath the protective archival Cellophane wrap.
Synopsis & Viticultural Value
Published in 1975 by Hastings House, The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux stands as a monumental, classic reference work that captures the geography, history, and structure of the French wine trade during a golden era of viticulture. Celebrated Dutch wine authority Hubrecht Duijker takes readers behind the scenes and into the private cellars and tasting rooms of the world's most prestigious wine region.
Acting as a comprehensive atlas, the book provides pithy, objective profiles and data on more than 2,000 chateaux and over 4,000 distinct wines across Bordeaux's legendary appellations. Elevating the text further are masterclass essays by the legendary Michael Broadbent, offering the insights of a lifetime of study on the nuances of vintage variations. This volume is absolutely vital for understanding how these world-class wines are crafted and why they vary, making it a cornerstone collectible for sommeliers, serious oenophiles, and rare wine book collectors.
Author Profile: Hubrecht Duijker & Michael Broadbent
This landmark text combines the expertise of two of the 20th century’s most revered global wine authorities:
- Hubrecht Duijker is an internationally acclaimed Dutch wine writer, journalist, and author who has published over a hundred definitive books on French and global viticulture. Celebrated for his meticulous terroir mapping, accessible critical tone, and exhaustive field research, he became the first non-French writer to be named an Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole.
- Michael Broadbent MW (1927–2020) was a legendary British wine critic, auctioneer, and Master of Wine who founded the wine department at Christie's auction house. Universally regarded as the father of modern vintage wine charting, his prolific tasting notes, books, and columns established global benchmarks for fine wine evaluation.
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