Bordeaux Wine between $25 and $50

Angélique de Monbousquet is the second wine of Château Monbousquet, located in the commune of Saint-Sulpice de Faleyrens. A balanced, rounded velvety and fruity dry row wine with a soft finish. The tannins are somewhat... Read More

Powerful dark-chocolate flavors come through strongly in this wood-aged wine. These balance with perfumed black fruits and concentrated tannins. All elements are there for a sustained future. Drink from 2026.

Chocolate profile with cherries and plum hints. The wine is large to medium bodied but yet soft at the back end.

A grand cru with great concentration and keeping freshness. Matter and elegance.

This year's blend is 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 de Pez comes tumbling out of the glass with an astonishingly beautiful perfume of lilacs,... Read More

This red sports a lively mix of blackberry and black currant preserve notes contrasted by savory and tobacco details. Everything knits nicely through the anise-accented finish. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2028.... Read More

The Château Haut Selve was a daring project that was created from scratch by the Lesgourgues family. Their mission: to create a vineyard on the land of an estate that was infamous for being ravaged by phylloxera, land which... Read More

This is a fine wood-aged blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and Petit Verdot. It is darkly colored, dense and with great ripe tannins. One of several Bordeaux properties owned by the Thiénot family, this estate... Read More

Dark and very intense color of deep ruby. Ripe aromas of small black fruit dominate (blackcurrant, blackberry), though with good freshness. The palate is fleshy, with a nice touch of tannin. Long, caressing finish. To be watched... Read More

This well-run estate shows its pedigree in this latest release. The firm tannins of the appellation are balanced by powerful black fruits and smoky, wood-aging flavors. The 63% Cabernet Sauvignon is the key to the wine's structure... Read More

Solidly built, showing tobacco and charcoal notes mixed with dark currant and blackberry compote flavors. There's good energy here and the fruit and earth details meld well through the finish. Has a little grip for mid-term... Read More

93 Points James Suckling:

A firm and linear red with plum, bark, wet earth and mushroom aromas and flavors. Hazelnuts. Medium-bodied with chewy tannins that are integrated and together. Real St.-Emilion. From organically grown... Read More

Blend: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 16% Petit Verdot
The Barrel Sample for this wine is at 14% ABV.

Intense ruby, almost purple colour with violet hue. The nose is elegant with multi-layered fruit, ripe blueberries, hints of blackberries and ripe plums, discreet spiciness and fine toasting aroma in the background, vanilla and... Read More

The 2018 Phélan Ségur is composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Merlot, weighing in at 14% alcohol, 3.8 pH and has an IPT (total polyphenol index) of 77. Deep purple-black in color, it leaps from the glass with... Read More

This Winery has been in the family for 6 generations and sits on a small hill overlooking the famous Chateau d'Yquem. It has just 14 hectares making it the smallest of the premier cru classe properties. A simple yet pretty... Read More

The nose has hints of berries, violets and earth. In the mouth, flavors of cassis, black cherry and plum expand within a good, round structure; medium length and plenty of aging potential. Surrounded by the region’s first... Read More

Château Suduiraut, classed as a Premier Cru in 1855, is made from grapes selected from the finest terroirs of the property. This wine is handcrafted at every stage of its elaboration and reveals a remarkable complexity and... Read More

Alluring, with a hint of black tea that gives way quickly to dark plum and cherry preserve flavors lined with charcoal, tobacco and sweet bay leaf nuances. Puts on weight as it sits in the glass too, which always bodes well. Merlot,... Read More

Dark cherry fruit backed by interesting background notes of pine and mountain herbs. Nicely balanced palate with pleasant acidity and moderate tannins.

A brilliant melange of black cherries, blackberries and cassis with ascending, graphite-like minerality and only the faintest touch of horse saddle.

The varieties are hand harvested, fermented and vinified separately, using only... Read More

In a constant quest for excellence, these vines have been for several years now replanted, grafted and their soils ploughed mechanically in order to obtain grapes of the utmost quality. A fresh climated, combined with the natural... Read More

The second wine of Chateau Climens is a lighter sweet wine with mandarin, florals and a touch of pineapple - a great value-for-money wine.