2016 Chateau Serilhan Saint-Estephe 750ML

Red Wine from Bordeaux, France

One of the great buys from the all-time great 2016 for left bank, hard core, Cabernet based Bordeaux. The 2016 Chateau Serilhan comes from one of the greatest full body red wine country in the world. St Estephe is home to great like Chateau Cos D’Estournel,  $200 plus a bottle. Chateau Montrose also $200 a bottle and Calon Segur $150 a bottle. In fact today’s spectacular value neighbors the great Calon Segur. Chateau Serilhan is made by legendary Alain Reynaud who is one of the best, making wines at Chateau Lascombes and La Fleur de Gay and consults for Colgin in Napa. The 2019 Chateau Serilhan was awarded one of the “Top 5 Wines of Saint Estephe” in En Primeur 2016. The current owner, Didier Marcelis, decided to leave the technology business and “go back to his roots,” taking over his grandparents’ winery. He managed to improve every aspect of the winery by investing in state-of-the-art technology and implementing careful and artisanal winemaking methods. 2016 is a definite buy vintage, Parkers WA gave the vintage 97pts for St Julien/Pauillac/St Estephe part of Bordeaux hailing the vintage as ‘Extraordinary’ that are built for the cellar, making this the highest rated vintage in last fifteen years. This is a tremendous opportunity to acquire truly great Bordeaux that’s totally under-valued for what’s in the bottle. This is the kind of wine you laydown cases in the cellar. “The 2016 Serilhan is a treat. It has a gorgeous, beautifully defined bouquet with blackberry, cigar box and smoky aromas that gently unfold in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent black and red fruit, very fine tannin, a veneer of quality new oak but with more than sufficient fruit underneath and a long sensual finish.” 93pts Parker Drink 2025-2040