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Possibly Our Value Bordeaux of the Year

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2016 Château Chapelle d'Aliénor Bordeaux Supérieur 750 ml

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Bargain Red from a Top-Scoring Team

We can’t remember the last time we came across an under-$20 Bordeaux with this much pedigree.

Where to begin? The 2016 Château Chapelle d’Aliénor Bordeaux Supérieur is produced by the Malet Roqueforts, a noble family that has been producing wine in the region since 1705. And while their Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé Château La Gaffelière has garnered impressive 94-97+ scores from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, the Chapelle d’Aliénor, made by the same team and boasting outstanding quality, is just a fraction of the price.

Chapelle d’Aliénor is crafted by winemaker Claude Gros, whose wines have been called “singular, world class efforts” by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, and earned many coveted 95- to 99-point raves. Grown on the Right Bank in gravelly, clay-limestone soils much like those found in Pomerol, the 2016 Chapelle d’Aliénor wears its pedigree on its sleeve—exuberant black plum and cherry aromas meet cedar and clove, while a silky, seductive core offers pure, persistent pleasure. 

Today, it’s just $15.99 per bottle.

In 2016, a fabulous vintage in Bordeaux, Chapelle d’Aliénor shined bright, earning 90 points (an incredible score for a $16 value red). The combination of 40+ year-old vines, perfect sun exposure on the hillside property, ideal vintage, and an expert winemaking team created a wine that truly punches above its weight class. 

The team from La-Gaffelière and consulting winemaker Claude Gros combined talents to produce an extraordinarily delicious offering, which Jeb Dunnuck hailed as “a soft, front-end loaded, elegant wine”—praise we’re accustomed to seeing accompany $40+ wines, not under-$20 bargains.

This is one of the best Bordeaux value reds we’ve come across all year, and is wholly in the running for our 2020 Value of the Year award.