Bourdieu Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux 2018
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This is one of those wines that makes you question reality.
Château Bordieu 2018 comes from Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux, an area just north of the Right Bank that shares the same limestone and clay soils you find in Saint Emilion and Pomerol. This is Merlot country, and when it is farmed correctly, it can produce wines that massively overdeliver.
The Schweitzer family has been quietly doing exactly that. Meticulous vineyard work. Hand harvesting. Serious extraction time. Thoughtful aging in a mix of stainless steel and French oak. The same playbook used by estates charging five to ten times more.
And then this happened.
At the Decanter World Wine Awards, this wine was tasted blind by a panel of top sommeliers, buyers, and wine professionals. Not one critic. A panel. The result was 97 points and Best in Show, placing it among the top wines tasted out of thousands from around the world.
That is not marketing. That is performance.
In the glass, this wine has it all. Deep blue and black fruits. Plum, blueberry, cassis. Polished tannins. Real structure. Freshness from limestone. Complexity that keeps unfolding with every sip. It is seven years old now and drinking beautifully.
This is not a simple pizza wine. It is also not precious. It works on a Tuesday night with burgers and on a Saturday with a roast. It tastes like Bordeaux because it is Bordeaux.
And then there is the price.
$14.98.
In a world where grocery bills keep climbing, this is the kind of wine that makes you want to back up the truck. When people ask what great Bordeaux value looks like, this is the answer.
Buy one bottle and you will wish you bought more.