How to understand Bordeaux wines - part 5 - summary of the Right Bank

To summarize all of the posts about wines produced on the Right Bank, we'll start with the Cotes de Castillon because that was the appellation for 11 of the wines:

$41 - Clos Les Lunelles (94 points from Robert Parker)

$38 - d'Aiguilhe (92 points from Robert Parker)

$38 - Clos l'Eglise (89-90 points from Robert Parker)

$35 - Domaine de l'A (91 points from Robert Parker)

$32 - Clos Puy Arnaud (88 points from Robert Parker)

$30 - Joanin Becot (90 points from Robert Parker)

$23 - d'Aiguilhe Querre (91 points from Robert Parker)

$22 - Puy Arnaud Maureze

$21 - Ampelia (88 points from Robert Parker)

$20 - Brisson (87-89 points from Robert Parker)

$13 - Sainte Colombe (88 points from Robert Parker)

Of these 11 wines, Sainte Colombe is obviously the best value by far from a "Robert Parker" perspective.

Here is a summary of the wines for the other appellations on the Right Bank:

$39 - Grand Pontet, St. Emilion (93 points from Robert Parker)

$38 - La Vieille Cure, Fronsac (93 points from Robert Parker)

$38 - Chateau de Sales, Pomerol

$37 - Chateau Pipeau, St. Emilion (90 points from Robert Parker)

$37 - La Fleur de Bouard, Lalande-de-Pomerol, (89 points from Robert Parker)

$31 - Epicurea de Chateau Martinat (90 points from Robert Parker)

$30 - La Dauphine, Fronsac (90 points from Robert Parker)

$28 - Puygueraud, Cotes de Francs (89 points from Robert Parker)

$27 - Benjamin de Sansonnet (second wine of Sansonnet)

$23 - Les Trois Croix, Fronsac (87 points from Robert Parker)

$20 - Gigault "Cuvee Viva"

Remember that the QPR value of a wine depends on both the overall quality of the wine and the price you can purchase it.  Although sales are not frequent, I've purchased the Clos l'Eglise (Cotes de Castillon) for $19.99 on an inventory clearance sale at K&L Wines (list price $38), and the Puy Arnaud Maureze on sale at Bottle Barn for $9.99 (list price $22).

However, probably the best overall QPR value among Right Bank wines is the 2005 Sainte Colombe for $12.99 with a Parker rating of 88 points.  It's a good, solid Merlot-based wine.  Again, everything depends on your own taste and your own evaluation of a particular wine.

It should also be noted that there are hundreds of petit chateaux on the Right Bank that produced very good wines in the 2005 vintage.  Only 22 Right Bank wines were discussed above in an attempt to provide a representative sample of wines with a list price under $40.