The Graves can produce very nice, stylish wines similar to what your find in Pessac Leognan. In 2018, there are several wines worth checking out, which not only offer fine drinking, they sell for very fair prices.
Complete report and buying guide for the best 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape with tasting notes and ratings for the top wines, and best buys of the vintage.
2019 AOC Bordeaux wines are perfect for early drinking, pleasure. They are usually quite inexpensive as well as being interesting to taste offering a lot of value for the money.
2019 Bordeaux Superieur Wines are just great this year. Lush, opulent, early-drinking and with everything great about ripe Merlot. All that and the wines are priced low enough to purchase by the case.
2019 White Bordeaux wines are fresh and aromatic, with nuances of yellow citrus fruit, white peach, flowers and green apples. Lushly textured, with bright, energetic, sweet yellow citrus fruits in the finish.
Conditions were perfect for vineyards in the far north of the Left bank to produce very good Medoc wines with ripe tannins, sweetness to the fruits and complex aromatics giving wine lovers a myriad of good wines and fair prices.