Château Cantemerle, Grand Cru Classé, Grand Vin

Today’s special offer brings you a $55, decade-old Growth Bordeaux with perfect provenance, and even though I personally tasted the wine and organized the exclusive deal myself, I still have trouble believing this tiny yet monumentally blue-chip tranche exists. I’ll put it this way: If you want to taste a properly aged Grand Cru Classé while keeping your wallet padded, look no further than today’s 2011 Château Cantemerle.This soulful Grand Vin is exploding with class, terroir, and value—and it isn’t by chance, nor did it happen overnight. Out of the thousands of châteaux stationed throughout Bordeaux, only 61 were initially granted Grand Cru status in the historic 1855 Médoc classification. To this day, these estates are recognized as the crème de la crème, producing wines that go unrivaled in terms of pedigree and Bordeaux supremacy. Château Cantemerle, however, takes that to the extreme: Not only are they one of the fabled “Fifth Growths,” but they are also one of the oldest properti