Best Bordeaux Wine Under $10

The meticulously tended vineyards of Bordeaux flank the Gironde Estuary which empties into the sea along France’s Atlantic coast. This is the home of some of the world’s most renown red grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. For centuries the blending of these varieties has evolved into a skilled art form where both man and nature play a part in the creation in elegant, full bodied wines with spicy dark fruit aromas and a rich, silky texture. Clove and dried fruits on the nose. Blackcurrant with notes of cherry lead way to toasty smoky layers that last. Pair with roast lamb with garlic and rosemary or a spread of hard sheep cheeses.

A worthy, everyday Bordeaux at the right price! No, this wine isn’t one of the region’s fancy crus classés that require a decade or more of cellar aging to be at their best. Château Saintongey is a simple Bordeaux rouge for everyday drinking from the vast area south of the city of Bordeaux called Entre Deux Mers. It’s the kind of attractive inexpensive Bordeaux red that the French enjoyed with Sunday dinner a couple of decades ago and that turned up on wine lists at French bistros in the U.S. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a California Cabernet or Merlot or an Argentine Malbec that’s as balanced and pleasurable to drink for the same price as this Château Saintongey. A classic Bordeaux blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc, it is full of fruit with a nice rich palate capable of accompanying most meat dishes. A Bordeaux blend, at its most basic, is any combination of those grape varieties typically used to make the red wines of Bordeaux. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape-variety combination itself. Red Bordeaux blends are known for their beautiful structure and deep flavors. This wine is filled with fruit and offers plenty of dark cherry in its Merlot character, soft tannins, medium body, and excellent purity. Enjoy this wine over the next year with burgers, roasts and even a nice rib-eye steak.

Discover Chateau Fonfroide Bordeaux Red

A great example of these two classic varieties from W.A.’s cooler vineyard sites, our Cabernet Merlot has ripe berry and blackcurrant fruit flavours beautifully balanced by Frenck oak characters and moderate tannins. After closely monitoring ripening, Cabernet and Merlot grapes were harvested at optimum flavour ripeness 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot Aromatic dark berry fruits with dense plum fruit aromas and attractive smoky oak characters. Has delicious fresh berry fruit flavours of blackberry & mulberry; the good depth of these fruit flavours are complemented by the slightly ‘chewy’ and lightly drying tannins and gentle acidity which combine to give our Cabernet Merlot it’s good length of flavour. Enjoy now or even more so after a couple of years in the cellar.

This wine come from an estate located on the plateaus and slopes between the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers. It displays red fruits on the nose and has a supple palate that matches very well with grilled meats and daily food.

The 2009 Chateau Saint-Germain Bordeaux is an exceptionally tannic, broodingly backward offering displaying a dense ruby/purple color along with a provocative perfume of crushed rocks, flowers, cassis, black raspberries, and blueberries. It continues to add weight and richness, good traits considering the substantial, forbiddingly high tannin levels and zesty acidity.

Discover Chateau Paret Cotes De Castillon

A very easy to drink Bordeaux wine, supple and round, with a nice fruity and aromatic bouquet. Tannins are silky and velvety on the palate and come harmoniously underline the fruit. Pair with roast duck, cornish hens, roast chicken, pork tenderloin, pork chops and soft cheeses such as Morbier, Camembert and Gouda.

Discover Chateau Des Deux Rives Bordeaux

Ruby red color, fine red fruit note. Concentrated, complex and powerful finish.