Classic Bordeaux for Everyday Prices

Affordable Bordeaux is such a useful wine to have on hand at home; not only versatile with food but offering enough savory complexity to elevate any meal. We have selected our best Bordeaux options under $50/bottle for your immediate drinking pleasure.

Starting with the region's zesty, springtime whites, Lune d'Argent is one of the region's best buys, while offering a touch more complexity is Carbonnieux's Croix. In rosé, Giscours offers a fine match for salads and white fish.

Among the reds, second wines of noble estates dominate, offering excellent value and more than a taste of their more famous siblings. Baron de Brane, from Brane Cantenac, is a true, silky Margaux; Les Hauts de Smith from Smith Haut Lafitte, rich and tobacco-scented; and Duluc from Branaire-Ducru, a classic, gravelly St. Julien. Finally, one of the top-performing estates anywhere in Bordeaux is represented in the form of Dame de Montrose, from a vintage in which the main wine could be the wine of the vintage. For $50, you can't go wrong.