Chantet Blanet is a brand name for wines produced by Oeno-alliance who are based in Bordeaux. Their Haut Médoc is a blend of red wines produced in this famous area. We bough the wine in a Leclerc supermarket in France just for every day drinking. We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the wine. It went down very well with bavette steak. It was a wine typical of the Haut Médoc and even though it was from the 2013 vintage, which was not one of the best, it was of good quality but the wine from this brand is not for keeping.
The wine, however, was matured in oak and for around 5 euro a bottle it was a real bargain. The brand name is used on lots of wines including Saint Emilion. None of these wines are top notch but they are good quality wines to get out when you are not trying to impress someone.
We had a barbecue this weekend and the wine went down well with couscous and none of our guests complained but perhaps they were too polite. When I opened a bottle of much better quality Bordeaux later but at at six times the price they got my point that the good stuff didn't taste six times better. Perhaps the wine had dulled their senses.
If you are visiting France and have time to go to Leclerc then you will not go far wrong by selecting a Chantet Blanet wine for good everyday drinking at a fair price. Leclerc is much better than visiting a British supermarket in terms of value for money and the range of French wines.
Oeno-alliance is owned by the Castel Group who also own the Nicholas wine merchant chain. The Castel group also own Château Beychevelle but that is another story.
http://www.groupe-castel.com/en/group/
http://www.beychevelle.com/
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