Bordeaux New Selection Under $45

Discover incredible value with this handpicked Bordeaux selection, offering the perfect balance of quality and affordability. Sourced from Bordeaux's renowned vineyards, these wines deliver rich flavors, refined structure, and a touch of elegance that the region is celebrated for. Ideal for casual dinners or special occasions, this collection proves you don’t have to compromise on taste to enjoy the best of Bordeaux. Perfectly priced under $50, these bottles are your gateway to premium French winemaking.

2 x Chateau Montcabrier Bordeaux Superieur Rouge 2018 - Bordeaux, France

Bronze - Wine Enthusiast (2014 vintage)

Bronze - Sommelier Wine Awards (2017 vintage)
Commended - International Wine Challenge (2016 vintage)
Gold - Concours de Bordeaux Vin d'Aqquitaine (2015 vintage)
Gold - Lyon International Wine Competition (2014 vintage)
Silver - Concours de Bordeaux Vin d'Aqquitaine (2014 vintage)

Sommelier Wine Awards "'Herbaceous, with fresh red fruits on the nose too, leading to a palate showing white pepper and delicate spices.' Gaetano Giangaspero, C&C. 'Leather and older fruit, with some savoury mushroom notes - easy Old World claret that ticks a few boxes.' Jade Koch, team leader. 'Tea leaves, red berries and a hint of iron.' Filippo Pastorini, consultant." 2017 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast "The wine is firm with a dry core of tannins and a dark structure. With a juicy edge of black-currant fruit, it also has good potential and richness." (2014 vintage)

Château Montcabrier is a plot selection from the Milhade family estate, Château Recougne, located on the right bank of Bordeaux, in the Fronsadais. This property has produced wine for more than 400 years, and has always been recognized for producing outstanding wine. Its name is said to have come from French King Henri IV, in “recognition” (‘recougne’) of the quality of its wine. The Milhade family purchased the property in the mid 1930s, and Château Recougne has become their flagship estate, producing quintessential Bordeaux each vintage. The work done over several generations has positioned Château Recougne as one of the key estates for Bordeaux Supérieur Red wines. The Château Montcabrier’s grapes, harvested and vinified separately from Chateau Recougne, come predominantly from clay and sandy soils and offer a refined style dominated by the freshness of fruits.

Merlot is best suited to the gravelly clay terroir and is the majority planting here, comprising about 80% of the vineyard, complemented by equal parts of both Cabernets. The parcels set aside for Moncabrier include those planted on marley clay, with less gravel, and younger vines throughout the estate. The Milhades employ environmentally friendly viticultural techniques, minimal spraying, low yields through green harvesting, and excellent canopy management.

2 x Chateau Moulin Saint Louis "MO" (Organic) 2019 ~ Bordeaux, France

Gold Concours des Feminalise

Tasting Notes: Beautiful dark garnet red color. On the nose, aromas of candied fruit, strawberries and cherries are revealed.

Château Moulin Saint Louis is located in the commune of Braud, near Blaye, famous for its citadel. The estate covers 50 hectares, including 19 hectares of vines. Family property for four generations, Christophe Chapron manages the vineyard since 1992. He developed the structure especially with the cellars expansion in 2011 and with the Organic farming conversion.

Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux is the appellation title for Côtes de Bordeaux wines made specifically in the Blaye district, just across the Gironde from the Médoc. The wines are both red and white (any rosé produced here is sold under the generic Bordeaux appellation). Wines once made under the Premières Côtes de Blaye appellation are now sold under this newer title.

Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, needs little introduction as one of the world's most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions. Its three trump cards are diversity, quality and quantity. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90 percent of production volume) are the dry, medium- and full-bodied red Bordeaux Blends that established its reputation. The finest (and most expensive) of these come from the great châteaux of the Haut-Médoc and the Right Bank appellations Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines, both dry styles (particularly from Pessac-Léognan) and the sweet, botrytized nectars of Sauternes.

1 x Chateau La Croix Guillotin Puisseguin Saint Emilion 2021 - Bordeaux, France

91/100 James Suckling (2016 vintage)
Bronze - Wine Enthusiast (2016 vintage)

1 Star - Le Guide Hachette des Vin (1998 vintage)

Silver - Concours General Agricole Paris (2015 vintage)
Silver - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (2014 vintage)
Silver - Concours General Agricole Paris (2014 vintage)

Organic

James Suckling "Linear and tight with black-cherry and blueberry character. Medium body, firm and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Nicely crafted for this appellation." (2016 vintage)

Wine Enthusiast "...his is a rich wine in every way. Lush black fruits, smooth tannins and a bold structure combine to exude power and density." (2016 vintage)

Château Guillotin wines have been blended and then bottled using the un-oaked part of our production, then aged in Inox stainless steel vats.

They are therefore fruitier by nature, when younger they are full with red fruits, lively in the mouth with juicy fresh tannins. The older vintages are more complex in structure with black fruits (cherry, plum…) predominant, they also have drier silkier tannins.

Château Guillotin has a long-standing winemaking tradition dating back to 1730, passed down through generations. Its original label features organic red wines known for their full-bodied, fruity character with rich red forest fruit notes. A special selection, honouring the estate’s founders Chevalier and Daviaud, is matured in new French oak barrels, giving it a mellow, oaky flavour and accounting for about a fifth of total production. The Saint-Émilion region, where the estate is located, gained prominence in the 18th century during the Enlightenment, with its wines valued for their quality, ageing potential, and suitability for transport—driven by innovations introduced by visionary winegrowers of the time.

The family estate extends on more than ten hectares over Montagne Saint-Émilion and Puisseguin Saint-Émilion AOC. Facing South/South-East, the hillside vineyard has benefited from the care of the Richard-Nicoletti family. Respectful of nature, the cultivation practices chosen by Julien Richard (3rd generation) tend towards a single goal : to respect the biodiversity of the soil and the environment in order to harvest healthy grapes and produce quality wine. The vineyard has been certified organic since 2023. After a strict selection and meticulous work in the vineyard, the fruits are picked by hand and sorted twice. Part of the wine is aged in oak barrels for about 12 months. The result is a gourmet wine with an assertive character that elegantly expresses the power of the terroir.

The Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion Appellation, established in 1936, sits at the highest elevation (89 m) in the Saint-Émilion region. Its south and southeast exposure creates ideal conditions for ripening grapes. The hilly terrain features clay-limestone soils over rock, allowing vines to absorb essential nutrients and thrive even during hot, dry summers.

1 x Château Saint Julian Bordeaux Superior (Organic) 2019 ~ Bordeaux, France

Organic

1 Star - Le Guide Hachette des Vins (2018 vintage)
1 Star - Le Guide Hachette des Vins (2013 vintage)
2 Star - Le Guide Hachette des Vins (2012 vintage)

Silver - 2012 Concours de Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine (2010 vintage)
Bronze - 2009 Concours de Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine (2007 vintage)

Le Guide Hachette des Vins "A very expressive profile for this wine aged in concrete vats: blackcurrant liqueur, jammy blackberry and musk. Aromas that we find melted in a mouth with an imposing tannic structure but perfectly coated by the flesh of the Merlot." (2018 vintage)

Le Guide Hachette des Vins "A beautiful outfit for the vintage...a very open wine with notes of fruit and spices, slightly evolved, pleasant with its suppleness." (2013 vintage)

Le Guide Hachette des Vins "This 2012 enchanted the jurors: deep color, complex nose of black fruits, highlighted by measured woodiness; round attack, on the fruit, structured and long palate, with velvety tannins. Power and finesse." (2012 vintage)

Tasting Notes: Dark aromas of game, herbs and an earthy aroma that also features some dark fruit and a little mint and cola. It tastes delicious with the dark fruit taking centre stage in the mouth but still balanced by some nice earthy streaks. Hints of dried herbs from the nose carry over and you’ll also find some oaky liquorice notes. All of this is wrapped up in a very smooth, almost creamy texture. It ends dry with a mineral tinged finish featuring lingering cola and liquorice notes under more of that delicious dark fruit.

73% Merlot & 27% Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: 13%

The Château Saint Julian is locatedi n the Entre deux Mers near the Abbaye Bénédictine de la Sauve Majeure. The 20 hectares of vineyard extend over the most beautiful terroir of the commune of Targon. The property features recent facilities which permit to produce a qualitative wine respecting the environment.

Chateau Saint Julian is the second wine made by the winemakers who from the remarkable Chateau La Grangere in St. Emilion. This Ecocert certified organic wine is made from mostly Merlot grown on limestone slopes in the Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux with an average age of 30 years. All of the grapes are hand-harvested and aged in barrique, with about 30% new barrels. The owner of this estate also owns the prestigious Saint-Emilion Grand Cru – the Château La Grangère – and a Graves de Vayres – the Château Tillede.

Entre-Deux-Mers is a large wine sub-region of Bordeaux in southwestern France. Its name translates literally as "between two seas", although the seas in question are in fact rivers – the Garonne and Dordogne, which respectively form the area's southern and northern boundaries. Entre-Deux-Mers is home to various appellations, which produce wines in styles ranging from the sweet botrytized whites of Cadillac, Loupiac and Sainte-Croix-du-Mont – all close to the northeast bank of the Garonne – to the dry table wines of Sainte-Foy and Graves de Vayres, closer to the Dordogne. The extended region along the Garonne, from the cluster of sweet white appellations as far as the area to the east of Bordeaux city, is the red wine appellation Côtes de Bordeaux – until 2009 called Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, a title now reserved for sweet whites.