CHÂTEAU BELGRAVE

2010 5ème Cru Classé Haut Médoc

Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Classification 5ème Cru Classé

Fresh black curranty crushed fruit style, very well done. Pure. Cassis, quite thick and creamy, blueberry and blackberry length. Likely to be good value as usual. Rating: 90 L&S (Apr 2011)


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The 2010 Belgrave has a generous and nicely detailed bouquet with plenty of red berry fruit laced with brown spices. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, slightly more on the austere side with a classic tobacco-tinged finish and impressive persistence. This is worth seeking out. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the BI Wines & Spirits 10-Year On tasting. Drinking range: 2021 - 2032 Rating: 89 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2020)

Bright red-ruby. Good lift to the aromas of cassis, licorice and spices. Nicely delineated dark berry and fresh herb flavors show more richness and weight than usual for this property. A bit drying on the back but maintains its freshness. Rating: 87 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Jul 2013)

A lovely claret at a more than reasonable price, this over-performing Haut-Médoc has produced its best ever wine in 2010. It’s very serious (in the best sense of the word) with lots of sweet, oak-tinged fruit, fine tannins and a fine, refreshing finish. A Fifth Growth that is going places. 10+ years. Rating: 93 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (May 2011)

Château Belgrave

Haut-Médoc Cinquième cru 1855 Despite being listed as a 5th Growth in the 1855 classification, Château Belgrave's reputation for great wine-making is very recent. It is only since it came under the Dourthe umbrella that serious advances have been made in the vineyards, production techniques and, consequently, the finished wine. The estate is in the commune of St Laurent-Médoc and, therefore, only entitled to the Haut-Médoc appellation. However, only a small stream seperates the vineyards from St Julien, and the gravel soils are very much the same. Whilst the name might appear to derive from these same gravelly soils, apparently it dates from the time of an English owner who named his vineyard after the London district of Belgravia! Since the Dourthe take-over the vineyards have been gradually replanted to a more Médoc-like 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, whilst the proportion of Merlot has shrunk to just over 40%, with the rest made up of a little Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

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