Bordeaux wines are highly valued and sought after, and hence vulnerable to counterfeiting. French reseachers have used strontium concentration and strontium isotope ratios as markers for Bordeaux wine geographic origin and authenticity. Forty three authentic Bordeaux wines were collected from the world’s most prestigious Bordeaux châteaux. The Sr elemental composition and 87Sr/86Sr ratio were determined on these authentic wines. The results demonstrated relatively small variabilities for 87Sr/86Sr ratio and Sr concentrations in the authentic Bordeaux wines, which can be used with reasonable certainty to identify regional Bordeaux wineries and distinguish them from counterfeit wines.
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