Preferred vintages
| vintages | vintage | vintage | vintage | |
| served | collectors | journalists | combined | |
| Château | blind | preferred | preferred | preferred |
| Ausone | 82,83,90,98 | 1983 | tie 90,98 | 1983 |
| Calon Ségur | 82,61,96 | 1996 | tie 61,82 | tie 61,82,96 |
| Cheval Blanc | 82,85,90,98 | 1990 | 1990 | 1990 |
| Cos d'Estournel | 82,88,89,90 | 1990 | 1982 | 1990 |
| Ducru Beaucaillou | 82,95,96 | tie 82,95,96 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Figeac | 82,70,90,98 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 |
| Gruaud Larose | 82,61,90 | 1961 | tie 61,82 | 1961 |
| Haut Brion | 82,59,61,89 | 1989 | 1989 | 1989 |
| La Lagune | 82,61,85 | 1961 | 1982 | 1961 |
| La Mission | 82,75,61,89 | 1961 | 1961 | 1961 |
| Lafite | 82,59,85,96 | 1959 | 1996 | 1959 |
| Lafleur | 82,61,75,89 | 1982 | 1982 | 1982 |
| Latour | 82,61,70,90 | tie 61,82 | 1990 | 1961 |
| Léoville Barton | 82,61,85,96 | 1985... |