Configuration: (12 x 750mL)

Winery: Mary Taylor

Appellation: Entre-Deux-Mers, Bordeaux, France

Variety: 50% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc

ABV: 14%

Why we love it: Back in 2012, Mary began her eponymous project by making her Bordeaux Blanc and Rouge with a small collective of growers led by Jean Marc Barthez. This 2022 Bordeaux Rouge is a great example of the “new Bordeaux” style that we’re (happily) seeing more of these days – classic, yet restrained, with less oak (like all her wines, Mary’s Bordeaux Rouge doesn’t see any oak) to really allow the fruit to shine through. This one is drinking beautifully; nuanced and quaffable, it’s a perfect, sultry bistro red that’s just waiting to be enjoyed with all of the seasonal Fall fare over a candle-lit table. Another excellent value from Mary Taylor!

“Ms. Taylor’s Bordeaux Rouge...with the simple Bordeaux appellation, made by Jean Marc Barthez, head of a small cooperative in the greater Bordeaux area, is precisely the sort of wine you imagine the locals drinking, at least, those without the big chateaus. It’s supple, dry, fresh, mildly tannic, humble and direct, just a good, refreshing drink.” – Eric Asimov, New York Times

Black currant; ripe & spiced black fruit; tobacco leaf; graphite; star anise.