Good Value French Wines

Another tasting at the Food and Wine show was 'Good Value French Wines.' To qualify, bottles had to be readily available at the LCBO and cost $20 or less.

These were the labels the sommelier chose for the tasting:

• Wilm Riesling Reserve LCBO 11452 $15.95
• Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages LCBO 365924 $17.95
• E. Guigal Cotes du Rhone LCBO 259721 $18.00
• Chateau de Gourgazaud LCBO 22384 $13.00 ** really like this one but maybe that was the tasting order (lol) Granache in this one
• Francois Pelissie Croix du Mayne LCBO 28548 $17.45 *** favourite (see comments above) This was 85% malbec, 15% merlot; grown in Southwest France or Southeast of Bordeaux. Very full bodied.
  

She also said you can't really get a good Bordeaux for under $20, so she didn't pour any, but said Chateau des Laurets was a good buy at $20.45

However, the next day I went to a Bordeaux tasting and found a few for a good price, actually Mouton Cadet ($14) surprised me, I think it would be a good every day choice, although in the past I have avoided that label.