When it comes to our Bordeaux direct imports, it’s impossible not to feel like looters carrying our spoils away, considering how much wine we get for so little. For six years running, they’ve been our most popular offers across the board and struck resonating chords with every type of customer: wine purists, savvy collectors, impassioned blind tasters, value seekers, longtime Bordeaux vets—essentially anyone who enjoys an authentic, pedigreed, damn-good glass of red wine. And while the stakes are already dangerously high, Château Brehat coolly raises them once again. Their five hectares in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux are largely planted to Merlot with equal parts Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc. After harvesting and a rigorous manual sorting, each parcel is vinified separately in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Following, half of the wine is kept in vats while the other 50% is transferred into new and once-used French barrels. After 15 months of undisturbed maturation, the vessels are blended and bottled. All this for $24!