Chateau Fonbadet-Pauillac

Chateau Fonbadet is nestled between powerhouse Chateaux Lynch-Bages, Latour, Mouton Rothschild and Pichon-Lalande in Pauillac, a sub-region of Bordeaux that boasts three of the five first growths.While Pauillac is known for its justifiably pricey reds, Chateau Fonbadet offers readers a rare opportunity to enjoy blue-chip Bordeaux terroir and quality without the price tag.You can cellar this beauty for 10 years+, but we won't blame you for enjoying it now.

Offering some of the few relatively good-value wines from Pauillac, this 50-acre property has made an impressive wine in this tough year. It is structured and dense although the black-currant fruitiness shows that it will develop quickly to be drinkable from 2020.