$12, Red, Still, France. Tasting note for this wine: The licorice root, smoldering chestnut and bay leaf and …See the full review, with rating and when to drink!

I know France well, and had certainly tasted some fine Médoc wines in the past. But, true confession: Before a trip there last fall, I honestly couldn’t have pinpointed the region on a map ...

Chateau Senejac is now managed by Nancy Bignon Cordier and her husband, Jean-Paul Bignon and their children. Charles de Guigne was both 100% American and 100% French.