With the euro soaring against the dollar and dedicated Francophiles fretting over the steep price of their favorite wines, a three-person panel of experts, including Wine Review Online’s very own Leslie Sbrocco, has come up with a list of the top 100 affordable Bordeaux in today’s market.
These are wines priced under $30 per bottle, with many well under that price benchmark, and it includes scads of selections from the heralded 2005 vintage. Red, white, rose and dessert Bordeaux are on the list, which you can find here.
Joining Leslie in this year’s “affordable” tasting were Master Sommelier Roger Dagorn of Manhattan’s Chanterelle restaurant, and Barbara Hermann, the fine wine buyer at Binny’s Beverage Depot.
You may not recognize many of the Chateau on the list, but for your convenience importers are named, which should help you find at least some of these wines. When you visit your favorite wine merchant, knowing the importer will help the merchant locate the wine and place an order.
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