2015 Château Aney, Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

In case we haven’t hammered this point home forcefully enough over the last 10 years: You don’t have to be a wealthy “collector” to drink a proper, well-aged Bordeaux. In fact, there is no other wine region in the world that offers up so much excellent, age-worthy wine at such reasonable prices. Call it economies of scale, because that’s really what it is: There are a few grand châteaux at the very top of the Bordeaux pyramid who are able to charge huge sums for their wines, but we can never forget that this is France’s most productive wine region. There’s a lot of wine made in Bordeaux, and even the hippest, most anti-establishment sommelier cannot deny that quality (and sustainability) in Bordeaux has skyrocketed. And, just as important, the value proposition in Bordeaux simply cannot be beat. Today’s silky-smooth, ready-to-drink beauty from Château Aney is merely the latest in a long line of over-achievers. It’s nearly a decade old, it hails from one of the 21st century’s greatest v