RKS 2024 Wine: Plenty of Red Bordeaux at Affordable Prices

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One example of the plenty of moderately priced red Bordeaux’s is a $16.00 2020 Chateau Hyot. 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. No oak ageing or fermentation.

Aroma: One senses a young and fresh wine attempting to decide how it will mature. Lazy black cherry with no attitude. Blackberry, blueberry and some milk chocolate.

Palate: Some tannins but they are so embedded in the wine like the press in a Hummer in Iraq you can’t flesh the tannin out. It too seems to be contemplating how to develop. A tiny tweak of momentary sweetness that vanishes as quickly as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeing how badly his Liberal Party is doing in the polls. Blueberry and pomegranate predominate in this easy drinking and immediately approachable Bordeaux.

Personality: Completely and utterly relaxed awaiting what maturity brings.

Food Match: One of the 300 or so versions of Portuguese Bachalau.

Cellarbility: Drink by 2025-year end.

Price: $16.00 CDN (Ontario).

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 90/100. Roger Voss 92.

(Chateau Hyot 2020 Castillon AC Côtes de Bordeaux Contrôlée, Alain Aubert, Gironde, France, 750 mL, 13.5%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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