2023 Les Barricailleurs

 A disappointment. Especially after exceptional 2022. Nothing special. Obvious Bordeaux, but there are better wines around.

2019 Château Briot

 Not drinkable. Not even good as cooking wine. Went straight to the drain. I have no idea how château in Appellation Contrôllée can release such thing to the market.
Will never buy again anything from this producer.

2024 Aimé Arnoux Grenache-Caladoc

 Total disaster. Undrinkable. I don't know if it's because the cork was cracked, although the crack didn't go all the way to the wine, or because the wine itself is bad. Don't care either way, will not buy again.

2024 Chateau le Bos

The second tasted bottle from Aldi's Christmas box. It's a bit simpler than two other bottles, still with black currant in the nose and taste. A bit of spice, no sugar.

Was very good with tuna, fried in everything mix.

 

2024 Château Tour des Murasses.

 This is the first tasted bottle from Aldi's Christmas box of Bordeaux. On a lighter side of Bordeaux, still with good mix of berries and fruits in the nose and taste. A bit of spice, no sugar.

Was very good with sous-vide tuna.

2024 Château Roc de Minvielle

 Very nice Bordeaux. Third tasted from this year's Aldi's Christmas box. This one is the best of the box. Not by much, they are all good, but a bit better. Nice rich nose and taste of multiple berries and fruits, with dominant black currant. No sugar. As all three wines, it's on the lighter side of Bordeaux. No sugar at all. A bit of tannines.

Was perfect match for a broiled flank steak.

2020 Richette by Patric Lesec

 Very good Côtes du Rhône. 2016 was great, 2020 is almost as good. Complex nose and taste, with fruits and spices.

Was great with sous-vide duck breasts.