2020 Les Charmes du Marquis Bordeaux

Take baseball cards, for instance. Collectors would give anything for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card — and one person paid $12.6 million for it at auction. A 1909 T-206 Honus Wagner card brought $7.25 million, and someone was willing to pay $4.2 million for a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card.

Likewise, stamp collectors and coin collectors speak reverently about their most coveted collectables. It’s also true in the world of wine, where high-rated bottlings from the Bordeaux appellation of France tend to be the ones everyone wants once they’re attained a certain level of appreciation for the gift of the grape.

Les Charmes de Marquis selects from the six Bordeaux red varietals — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenere — and blends to a house style that is absolutely sublime. Although the precise blend is not disclosed, the level of the cuvee’s quality is inarguable.