2019 French Wine

This Chateauneuf du Pape based estate continues to go from strength to strength, as Brotte fashions a bevy of beautiful red wines from throughout the Southern Rhone. In almost all cases, the wines over-deliver like the 2019 Cotes... Read More

Looking for a ready to drink Chateauneuf du Pape from a 100 point winemaker that combines elegance with power, and doesn't break the bank? Yes please! When we look for value in Chateauneuf du Pape, it's usually the sibling... Read More

This vintage seemed to produce exactly what the team at Cellier des Princes needed, and the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Heredita—crafted with the advice of consultant Philippe Cambie—boasts lovely floral aromas backed... Read More

One of the best all-time values in the Medoc, the 2019 vintage of Chateau Cissac is classic Left Bank Bordeaux. In the hands of the Vialard family for five generations, and classified Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2003, Chateau... Read More

Another top rated wine on our Top 100 radar, the Chateau Fortia Cuvee de Baron was just listed in the November 2nd Insider: New Chateauneufs to Love. 2019 was an outstanding vintage, and one that Grenache based wines, like Cuvee... Read More

Rock-solid, with a mouthwatering roasted apple wood and mesquite frame around a well-layered core of black currant, blackberry and plum fruit flavors. The finish features dots of tobacco and tar that add range, but the real driver... Read More

An amazing bargain for such a fine wine, the Chateau Guillaume Bordeaux Superieur is a standout in the 2019 vintage. Gold medal winner at the 2020 Decanter World Wine Awards, this was a runaway winner for the top wine under $15.... Read More

95 Points & Gold Medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards, the Chateau Haut Bertinerie Bordeaux Blanc 2019 is one of the top White Bordeaux under $20! As James Suckling writes, The 2019 vintage is going to be a vintage we all remember... Read More

Bordeaux is made famous by its big names. Places like Chateau Haut Brion, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite, Latour and Margaux. But combined, these historic classified properties represent less than 5% of the overall wine production... Read More

Bordeaux is made famous by its big names. Places like Chateau Haut Brion, Mouton Rothschild, Lafite, Latour and Margaux. But combined, these historic classified properties represent less than 5% of the overall wine production... Read More

Robert Eden pulls this wine from his biodynamically tended vineyards in the rocky, windy highlands of La Livinière. A blend of syrah with grenache and carignan, it’s a wine you can sink your teeth into, and it responds... Read More

A solid, slightly burly version, featuring streaks of tar and bay leaf mixed with dark plum and black currant preserve flavors. The finish is underscored by a warm paving stone note, which adds cut, drive and a hint of old school.... Read More

Saint Emilion Grand Cru at this price is hard to come by, especially older vintages that are within their drinking windows! Bordeaux celebrated another incredible vintage in 2019, and the best wines, like Chateau Poesia are some... Read More

Chateau Vrai Caillou has been in the Pommier family since 1863. It has passed down through the generations, first from father to son and then from father to daughter. Vrai Caillou wines are the result of a long family tradition... Read More

Always a solid value as well as an impeccably made wine, the 2019 offers a medium ruby color as well as pretty notes of black cherries and crunchy raspberry fruits intermixed with lots of peppery garrigue and spice. It displays... Read More

Crozes-Hermitage brings you into the Northern Rhône Valley, where the red wines have a profile unlike anywhere else in the world, an irresistible combination of warm flavors of red and black fruit, exotic spice notes, and... Read More

The 100% Syrah is hand harvested and sorted, then fermented at high temperatures in stainless steel vats. Aging was for 24 months in second use barrels, all coopered by Guigal at Château d’Ampuis. It is a brilliant... Read More

Raspberry, blackberry, cedar and light tobacco scents unfurl in the glass. The palate is still quite fleshy and rounded, and lightly spiced, retaining that hint of Chinese five-spice toward the tender finish. A lovely second wine.... Read More

Bright ruby red color. Intense aromas of wild strawberries and raspberry, slightly peppery notes. A juicy wine with silky tannins.

Full-bodied, silky & elegant, the 2019 vintage of Paul Jaboulet's Cotes du Rhone Parallele 45 is a must have for all French wine lovers! Now produced entirely from organically grown grapes and located minutes from famed Chateauneuf... Read More