Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe 2020

Trækasse

: Merlot 100%

: rød, tør; 15,0% Vol.; Modenhed til at drikke: 2026–2050; Pakket ind i: 12 OHK

: voluminøs og kraftfuld; rig på tanniner

: Lobenberg: 96–97/100; Suckling: 94–95/100; Forbes: 96/100; Wine Cellar Insider: 94–96/100; Jane Anson: 94/100; Decanter: 94/100

: Frankrig, Bordeaux, Saint Emilion

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Bellevue, Saint Emilion, FRANKREICH

6 ha ejes af Hubert de Boüard, og slottet ligger skråt over for hans topvinmark Angélus. Gamle vinstokke. Der produceres kun 20.000 flasker. Næsten ren Merlot med lidt Cabernet Franc. Den ene rekord efter den anden siden 2018, vingården har udviklet sig enormt. 2020 kommer med en utrolig moden, men ikke overmoden sort kirsebærnæse, meget rig og med masser af lakrids bagved. Og wow! Grafit og mynte. Blid, superblød, ret overdådig tryk. Næsen er allerede sexet. Munden er meget defineret. Kører også helt på sort frugt. Sorte kirsebær, let krydrethed, allehånde og sort peber. Masser af salt. Krydderiet fortsætter i eftersmagen. Høj mineralitet. Den sorte frugt er subtil, om end meget aromatisk. Tanninerne er silkeagtige og polerede, men vinen har alligevel greb og er ret sofistikeret. Ekstremt ligetil. En stor Saint-Émilion. Hvis prisen er rigtig, så er det sjovt. Ligesom de to foregående år.

Suckling om: Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe

Plenty of fruit and depth with blackberry, iodine, salt and violets on both the nose and palate. It’s full and finely tannined with serious intensity. 94-95/100

Forbes om: Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe

This 100% Merlot grows over clay limestone soils adjacent to Château Ángelus and includes rich and supple aromas of cherries and cassis. The mid palate is fresh with juicy and vibrant acidity and firm, though low-key tannins. Versatile for food pairing. 96/100

Wine Cellar Insider om: Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe

Flowers, black plums, cherries, licorice, wet earth and cigar box aromas create the beautiful nose. On the palate the wine is medium/full-bodied, soft, silky, fresh, sweet and polished. There is a gorgeous sense of purity to the fruit, opulence on the palate and in the finish that really works here. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. 94-96

Jane Anson om: Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe

Good stuff, a lovely wine with powerful but supple tannic architecture. As is so often the case with Bellevue, it reveals a side of delicate, floral almost austere side of Merlot that is atypical to the grape but a perfect reflection of the cool 6.82ha clay-limestone slopes - think blueberries and slate, unshowy but with staying power. Owned by de Bouard family and the de Lavau family. Benjamin de Laforest winemaker. Interestingly, the family chose to keep this wine within the St Emilion ranking, so it remains Grand Cru Classé, unlike sibling estate Château Angélus. 33hl/ha yield.

Decanter om: Chateau Bellevue Grand Cru Classe

A rich slick stripe of damson and smoked oak, but things close down pretty quickly on the palate. There are fine but tight tannins here, with a sweep of acidity traveling fast and swift through the palate, until the whole thing expands and softens after a minute in the glass. Great delicacy, power and depth, you would almost think there is Cabernet Franc in here because of its verticality, and beautifully rough slate texture on the finish. I love it. A yield of 33hl/ha.

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