French Red Wine between $10 and $25

This great-value Bordeaux comes from the Borderie family, which has made wine outside of St.-Émilion for five generations. It's a juicy but structured wine, primarily merlot, blended with cabernet sauvignon and cabernet... Read More

Pouring this blend of Mourvedre and Merlot in the glass instantly transports you to the sun soaked region of the Languedoc in Southern France. Xavier Peyraud, grandson of Lulu Peyraud of the famed Domaine Tempier in Bandol, makes... Read More

Thanks to expressive fruit – but without excessive concentration – Château Bonnet's red wine is unquestionably charming. In fact, it is a benchmark in Bordeaux. The wine is best enjoyed on the young side,... Read More

This Bordeaux Supérieur is a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, offering plenty of lively dark fruit flavors, including blackberry, raspberry, and plum, on a medium-bodied frame. Subtle hints of oak spice round... Read More

With a history going back to the 18th century, this property has been in the same family since 1868. This wine is rich and full bodied, with a good balance between juicy black fruits and the firm structure. With good potential,... Read More

The Château de Parenchère Bordeaux Supérieur is the classic cuvée of the estate. Sourced from 25 year old vines, the tannic structure is present yet very soft while the red fruit aromas remain pleasantly... Read More

Chateau de Pitray has a 600-year history under the close watch of the same family. Currently in the care of the Count and Countess de Boigne, the estate and its wines have gained greater exposure of late due to the efforts of... Read More

Rapturous perfume inspires and is enhanced by a cooling breezy freshness which billows and swells along to the long and haunting finish. An assault on the senses!

Lovely deep purple color. Ripe fruit aromas, particularly cherry and plum. Elegant, fruity, and supple body, with round tannins and a smooth finish.

This is the definition of a wine cheat code. Bergerac is a French wine appellation located just outside Bordeaux. This example is made of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The wines of Bergerac tend to be softer... Read More

Sixth-generation winemaker Rachel Hubert crafts authentic Bordeaux without celebrity consultants or marketing gimmicks at her biodynamic estate in Blaye. This Right Bank blend represents the quiet revolution back to terroir-driven... Read More

This wine is vinified as if it were a classified growth: complete de-stemming, eight-day fermentation in new temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and aging in vats for several months before bottling. This approach emphasizes... Read More

A Malbec from the Cahors region of southwest France. This darkly colored wine has a meaty, herb-tinged aroma, with hints of spiced black cherries and a whiff of cedar. It's fruit-driven but never guilty of excessive extraction,... Read More

This Rhone styled blend from Mediterranean France is generous and expansive with a delicious thread of raspberry compote, blackberry and tar flavors, infused gently with black tea and lavender notes. A hint of garrigue expresses... Read More

A partnership between Paul Hobbs, internationally renowned winemaker and Malbec specialist, and Bertrand Gabriel Vigouroux, whose family has been producing wine in Cahors, France since the 1880s, Crocus wines redefine Malbec from... Read More

Purple fruit leaps out on the nose like Prince in purple paisley. Macerated black raspberries, black plum, Bing cherry and violet-blossom aromas open on the nose and transition into midpalate concentration that walks arm in arm... Read More

Here's a real insider's find: only 150 cases of this beauty made it to the US! From fifty-year-old vines planted just outside Saint-Amour, this isn't your typical light Beaujolais. The sandy schist soils and meticulous... Read More

Le Chêne Vert is a name well known to lovers of Chinon, although few realize that Charles Joguet shares one hectare with another vigneron—Haute Olive! This steep, southwest-facing slope with rare millarge soils produces... Read More

Domaine de la Prébende produces a deeply mineral Beaujolais from a predominantly clay and limestone terroir, a rarity in a region dominated by granite soils. The Anna Asmaquer Beaujolais is an old vines blend with profound... Read More

From the classic Minervois region, this blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Carignan has deep, dark cherry and berry flavors with an undercurrent of earthiness and spice. Soft, smooth tannins. Try this with your charcuterie board!... Read More

The standard bearer of this domaine is the Côtes du Rhône Rouge produced from the younger (but not young) vines of the estate, averaging 35 years old. This wine is 100% Grenache and produces a classically spicy, full-bodied... Read More

Salvard Cheverny Rouge comes from the Delaille family, who have farmed their Loire vineyards for five generations with a focus on freshness and sustainability. This blend of Pinot Noir, Gamay, and Côt bursts with lifted... Read More

Mostly Malbec with some Cabernet Franc from biodynamic vineyards in the wild hills of Cahors, just east of Bordeaux. The grapes might make you think this is a brooding full bodied beast, but it's made in a juicy Glou-Glou... Read More

If the Brunier family’s regal and structured Châteauneufs are best suited to a nice tablecloth, low lights, and ribeye or slow-cooked leg of lamb, their bright and juicy Pigeoulet is perfect right out of the ice bucket... Read More