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Chateau Angludet

Château Angludet is a cru bourgeois supérieur estate in the Margaux commune owned by the Sichel family since 1961 — the same family holding a major stake in Château Palmer, one of Margaux's greatest properties. The estate covers approximately 32 hectares on Margaux's gravel and sand soils, planted predominantly with Cabernet Sauvignon (approximately 55%), Merlot (35%), and Petit Verdot. Despite the Margaux appellation and its direct connection to Palmer, Angludet was excluded from the 1855 classification, making it technically a non-classified Margaux that sells at a fraction of classified-growth prices. This disconnect between quality and price is one of Bordeaux's most persistent anomalies, and one that benefits secondary-market buyers. At auction, 113 lots average just $46 per bottle — remarkable value for a Margaux property farmed by the Palmer family with comparable agricultural rigor. Top vintages 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2016 trade at $50–$80 per bottle, earning 90–92 points from Wine Advocate. The Sichel family applies the same farming discipline to Angludet as to Palmer, making this estate one of Bordeaux's clearest quality-to-price opportunities for buyers who recognize the terroir and do not require a classified-growth label. The Sichel family's long stewardship since 1961 has given Angludet one of Margaux's most consistent ownership histories, avoiding the investment-fund disruptions and ownership changes that have affected other historically underperforming classified estates.