French Red Wine Rated 90+ Points For Every Budget

When it comes to wine, French Red Wine sets the standard for many classic varietals and blending styles that still remain today. France is responsible for some of the most classic styles and grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon. Shop our amazing selection of 90+ point French Red Wines.(Read More)

France is the original source of many grape varieties that are now planted throughout the world, as well as wine-making practices and styles of wine that have been adopted in other producing countries. Whether you are seeking a 90+ rated Bordeaux wine, the coveted Grand Cru vineyards of Burgundy, searching to buy Champagne that is non-vintage, buying vintage champagne from 2002 or looking to buy some of the Cotes du Rhone 2010 vintage, you can be sure to find the exact 90+ point rated French Red Wine you are looking. Read our expert descriptions about each bottle and buy wine online at WineOnTheWay.com.

2011 Domaine Lafage

"The naked, virginal, unoaked wine is made from 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache aged in concrete. The difficult economic situation in the Languedoc-Roussillon corridor is being exploited to the maximum by importer Eric Solomon. The fact that wines such as this can be purchased is unbelievable. Largely an artisanal wine, it is brilliantly pure with a stunning nose of spring flowers, blackberries, cassis and earth. It is almost incomprehensible that something of this quality, complexity and richness can be purchased for $25 to $50. This should be gobbled up as quickly as they hit retailers’ shelves. I am honored to share my excitement about this amazing wine with readers."

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2010 Duboeuf Morgon

"Like berries freshly picked on a summer day, the raspberry and strawberry notes here are ripe and pure, mixing with hints of pekoe tea leaf, mineral, ground anise and damson preserves. An elegant and balanced version. Drink now through 2018."

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2009 Domaine Roche

"A blend of 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah, this is another astounding wine. Aged in concrete as well as neutral wood, its dark ruby/plum color is followed by a big, sweet kiss of truffles, black cherries, tobacco leaf, and spice box. This medium to full-bodied, juicy, succulent effort is impossible to resist."

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2010 Saint Cosme

"Roasted and perfumy, with mesquite and espresso notes weaving through the crushed plum and red currant fruit. Tobacco and ganache hints flitter in on the finish, adding length and definition."

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2009 Domaine de La Butte

"Iris floral perfume and hints of iodine add complexity, while a subtle sense of creaminess supplies counterpoint to the wine’s sappy fresh fruit. The tannins here are so subtle you barely notice. A dynamic interplay of mineral, floral, and berry elements makes for a beautifully persistent finish. This displays finesse uncommon for its vintage."

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2009 Chateau Ferrand-Lartigue

"Showing far superior than it did in barrel, where it was awkward and disjointed, this 2009 has completely come together. The oak is pushed to the background in this very ripe wine, which exhibits loads of glycerin and smoky barbecue notes intermixed with black cherry liqueur, cassis and a hint of black truffles."

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2009 Domaine de la Janasse

"Sensational. Gorgeous levels of garrigue, kirsch, creosote, licorice, damp earth and lavender are all present in this dense ruby/purple wine. This is a blockbuster to drink over the next 7-8 years."

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2009 La Peira en Damaisela

"Somewhat more than a third each Syrah and Grenache, with minority components of both Mourvedre and Cinsault, features lightly-cooked, sweetly ripe black and red raspberries aromatically shadowed by their distilled counterparts and wreathed in headily- and seductively-perfumed buddleia, peony, and heliotrope. Richly-textured and full, yet preserving a core of vibrant primary juiciness, this cuvee’s Mourvedre component offers subtle underlying beef blood and chocolate while a long finish preserves a remarkable sense of transparency to both the wines floral as well as its stone, peat, iodine and mouth-wateringly saline mineral elements."

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2010 Domaine les Pallieres

"Revealing more minerality and a subtle, incremental building of flavor intensity, this offers lots of black raspberry, kirsch and floral characteristics along with an undeniable crushed rock minerality. Medium to full-bodied and elegant as well as impressively built, rich, pure and beautifully balanced, it can be enjoyed now and over the next 15 years."

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2009 Goulee

"The finest Goulee to date, the wine has an opaque purple color, a glorious nose of creme de cassis, blackberries, forest floor, and some subtle charcoal, and fabulous fruit on the attack, mid-palate and finish. The wine is opulent, even viscous, with unreal concentration and a full-bodied purity and texture. This wine simply over-delivers at every stage of the tasting experience. It is definitely a candidate to buy by the caseful and drink over the next decade or more. This is a major sleeper of the vintage."

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2010 Domaine Santa Duc

"Its inky/purple color is accompanied by glorious aromas of creme de cassis, kirsch, blackberries and a cornucopia of roasted herb, meat and licorice smells. It possesses fabulous intensity, a multidimensional mouthfeel and a tremendously long finish that lasts 40+ seconds. This beauty should drink well for two decades."

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2010 Roger Sabon

"An absolutely profound offering, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Prestige requires 5-6 years of cellaring given its massive concentration and tannic structure. The wine was relatively closed the day I tasted it, but it did display an inky/purple color along with hints of camphor, graphite, creme de cassis, kirsch, licorice and espresso beans. Full-bodied and moderately tannic with gorgeous freshness, glycerin and a skyscraper-like texture."

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2010 Domaine de Ferrand

"There were no problems with the opaque ruby/purple-tinged 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape, which had just been bottled. This exotic red boasts notes of black truffles, roasted meats, charcuterie, incense, blackberries and black cherry liqueur intermixed with hints of roasted herbs and licorice. Full-bodied, dense and as concentrated as the estate’s extraordinary 2007."

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2010 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe

"This is one of the all-time great Vieux Telegraphes I have tasted in the last 3+ decades. I believe it is even superior to the 2007, which I had several weeks ago. This boasts a dense purple color along with a sumptuous bouquet of spring flowers, boysenberries, black cherries, black currants, nori, black olives, licorice and pepper. This full-bodied, meaty, thick, juicy effort possesses a boatload of tannin, but it also has incredible concentration. More massive than I remember from last year, it has put on considerable weight and intensity."

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90 points or higher for all budgets

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