There’s nothing better than uncorking a nice bottle of red wine after a long, hectic day. Whether that day is filled with crying children, horrible bosses, or just the daily stressors of life, we have found 5 different red wines that will make you forget about all your problems. These wines will be sure to make you feel so fine!

 

Chateau D’aiguilhe
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Vintage: 2012
Area: Cotes De Castilon Bordeaux
Price: $20.00-$50.00

This Bordeaux is aged in new oak barrels for 15-18 months. Filled with generous flavours of plums, cassis, cedar, sweet spices, and herbs. A blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, this wine delivers a sweet, round, espresso, and earthy taste. It is harvested by hand to avoid bruising and carefully sorted before and after de-stemming. The grapes are then put into vats by gravity flow without being crushed. Drink while young!

 

Chateau Jean Faux
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Vintage: 2014
Area: Sainte Radegonde
Price: $33.00 AVG price

This creamy Bordeaux has flavours bursting of fruit, smoke, leather and spice. Aged in French oak Barrels for 14 months. Packed with aromas of a forest campfire. The second it touches your tongue you can taste the crisp red fruits on the mouth. It is a smooth, easy drinking with a spicy finish.

 

Chateau La Vieille Cure
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Vintage: 2006
Area: Fronsac
Price: $17.00-$36.00

This saturated ruby-purple colored wine reveals rich flavours of sweet kirsch, black currant, licorice, forest, black berries and earth with a lovely floral perfume on the nose. Aged 15 months in new barrels every third year. It is nice and balanced with a medium oak finish in the mouth. This wine only gets better with age!

 

Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion
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Vintage: 2015
Price: $34.00 AVG price

This medium, full-bodied wine has more volume and depth than usual. It is full of round supple textures and filled with flavors of plum, smoke, earth, ripe fruit, espresso, and thyme notes. Aged for 14-18 months in 40% new oak barrels it is a red wine that is heavy on the mouth with a light and spicy finish.

 

Chateau De Pez
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Vintage: 2009
Price: $40.00-$60.00

With a blend of 47% Cabernet, 47% Merlot, and 6% Petit Verdot, this dense purple red wine is a staple vintage to add to your collection of wines. It is filled with freshness, dark fruits, tobacco, mineral, leather and, silky tannins. This rich wine will give you a mouthful of expression with a medium finish. Enjoy now or later.