A well-known producer of very good and extremely low-priced, generic Bordeaux, Thieuley’s red cuvee, which is 70% Merlot and the rest equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, displays leafy tobacco intermixed with elegant red and black cherry and some dusty, loamy notes in a medium-bodied, easygoing, very Bordeaux-like personality. It is begging for consumption over its first 2-4 years of life.