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2012 Château Bélair-Monange, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature
Product: 20128125181
2012 Château Bélair-Monange, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

This is the old Bélair vineyard, run by Jean-Pierre Moueix since 2008, and rechristened then to distinguish it from Bordeaux’s other myriad of Belair synonyms. In common with the other Moueix properties, in 2012 the key was to find a route to phenolic maturity despite the rains of early October. In this case the earlier maturing Merlot was best suited to the style of the château, and comprises 97% of the blend. Edouard Moeuix is clear that this is not a Cabernet Franc vintage for Bélair. In some ways this is a return to the château’s previous style; it is understated, yet with a persuasive creamy central core of fruit and an almost effortless miasma of elegance and breed, befitting such a well-positioned vineyard.
Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Buying Director
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Bélair-Monange

About this wine

Chateau Belair-Monange

Château Belair, a St. Emilion Grand Cru Classé property is owned by Madame Dubois-Challon who is also co-owner of Château Ausone. Her late husband Jean purchased it in 1916. The same "régisseur" responsible for the rise in quality of the wines of Ausone over the past 20 years, the "philosopher-winemaker" Pascal Delbeck has also been responsible for improvements in quality at Belair.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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