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Minutes from Saint-Émilion royalty, miles away in price

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2018 Chateau Jura-Plaisance Montagne Saint-Emilion 750 ml

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A Six-Minute Drive That Saves You Three Figures

On Bordeaux’s Right Bank, there exists a one-of-a-kind shortcut to value—a six-minute drive that makes it possible to get aristocratic Saint-Émilion elegance and structure without the Saint-Émilion price.

Take D244 north across the Barbanne River, the uppermost northern boundary of Saint-Emilion, and you enter Montagne-Saint-Émilion—one of the appellation’s four satellite villages which, in any given vintage, hold some of the Right Bank’s most sublime bargains. 

That six-minute drive can take you from the iconic Cheval Blanc to the small but meticulously manicured grounds of Château Jura-Plaisance in Montagne-Saint-Émilion. The 2018 vintage, called “undeniably great” by Jeb Dunnuck and “extraordinary” by Jancis Robinson, helped the château produce a STUNNING bottle that boasts 91–93 points from Wine Advocate. It’s a Bordeaux that shows why every bargain hunter should know Saint-Émilion’s satellite villages like the back of their hand.  

Here, 24 acres in total are split evenly between Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines 30 to 50 years in age, all under the supervision of fastidious winemaker Alain Germon. He does everything from pruning the vines to overseeing the entire vinification process, with an obsessive attention to detail that is a hallmark of the area’s younger, ambitious vignerons.  

The 2018 season’s long, dry, hot summer allowed Germon to pick at his leisure, waiting until the Cabernet Franc was just as plush and richly concentrated as the Merlot. Vinified in concrete vats to retain pure fruit flavor, aged in French oak barrels for polish and added richness, the 2018 Château Jura-Plaisance is just hitting its stride now and will continue to mature beautifully for another six years.

There may be no better introduction to the beauty of Right Bank Bordeaux.