Bordeaux, top to bottom, in 24 tasty glimpses

Are you ready for a party, a Bordeaux bash guaranteed to put a happy face on you and all your wine-loving friends? Then drink this in: We have put together for you a Bordeaux wine-tasting kit of 24 half-bottles, all from the 1997 vintage, from top producers such as Haut-Brion, Calon-Ségur, Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Léoville-Las Cases, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Prieuré-Lichine and Figeac.

Here's rare chance – at a super price – to take in the whole picture of Bordeaux's stylistic progression through all the famous communes of the Médoc, Graves and the Right Bank in a single sweep. And the 1997 vintage, with its soft and readily drinkable wines, provides an ideal map – or game board, if you like – for tracking the celebrated "terroirs," the distinctive soils, of Bordeaux.

With a few tasty splashes in the glass, you can experience the firm structure of St.-Estèphe in the Médoc's far north, then wend your way southward through the darkly fruited wines of Pauillac, the elegant cuvées of St.-Julien and the aromatic, long-finishing wines of Margaux. Then you'll move down to the smoky, concentrated Graves and finally over to the soft, seductive, merlot-based wines of Pomerol and St.-Émilion on the Right Bank.

Or you can just sip your way through the whole box at your own pace. Either way, wine doesn't get to be more fun than this. And we can offer you this eye-popping collection of 24 half-bottles (including two bottles from the high-value St.-Julien Château Gloria) for just $492, the equivalent of $20.50 per half-bottle.