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2022 Château Belgrave, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (57%), Merlot (39%), Petit Verdot (4%)
Ready - youthful
Product: 20228008815
2022 Château Belgrave, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux

Description

Château Belgrave is on the St Laurent/St Julien border, separated from Château Lagrange by a small stream. This is a good source of honest, overachieving wine, and one of increasing finesse. This year winemaker Frédéric Bonnafous opted to co-ferment his Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot; the wine is suitably well integrated. There are appealing notes of cassis and sandalwood, and the palate is deep without any bitterness, while the tannins are muscular and solid. This looks like it will develop complexity in the barrel and then in the bottle. Drink 2027-2038.

Score: 16/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2022
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (57%), Merlot (39%), Petit Verdot (4%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Belgrave

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Haut-Médoc

Haut-Médoc

Despite being as visually unprepossessing as the rest of the Médoc, this large red-wine appellation is home to some of the world’s greatest wines. Its 4,500 hectares of vineyards form a largely continuous strip that follows the Gironde from St Seurin-de-Cadourne to Blanquefort. All the great communes of the Left Bank fall within its boundaries: Margaux, St Julien, Pauillac and St Estèphe.
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Chateau Belgrave

Château Belgrave, classed as a 5ème Cru Classé in the 1855 Classification, was a run-down property producing fairly mediocre wines until 1980. Salvation came in the form of the Bordeaux firm, Dourthe, which bought Belgrave and immediately renovated the cuverie and cellars, as well as extensively replanting the vineyards. By the mid 80s, cult oenologist Michel Rolland was consulting and the subsequent rise in quality has been meteoric.
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