The Château Bel Air Mareil of Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Bel Air Mareil
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1004 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Médoc in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Bel Air Mareil is one of the best wineries to follow in Médoc.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Bel Air Mareil wines

Looking for the best Château Bel Air Mareil wines in Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Bel Air Mareil wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Bel Air Mareil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Bel Air Mareil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Bel Air Mareil

How Château Bel Air Mareil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, merguez with lentils or fillet of venison.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bel Air Mareil

On the nose the red wine of Château Bel Air Mareil. often reveals types of flavors of cheese, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Bel Air Mareil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Bel Air Mareil

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Bel Air Mareil.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Médoc

Bordeaux's Médoc is an area of coastal lagoons, sand dunes and pine forests located on the 45th parallel. It is also a global wine powerhouse, and home to four of the world's most prestigious wine villages: Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien. The estates located in these villages produce some of the most expensive bottles in the world. The region has also provided all but one of the châteaux included in the official 1855 Bordeaux wine classification (Haut-Brion).

The Médoc vineyards cover about 16,000 hectares, including the various small appellations. Approximately 5500 hectares of vines are classified for the production of AOC/AOP Médoc wines. Wedged between the Atlantic coast and the wide Gironde estuary, the Médoc is in fact a peninsula. It stretches 80 kilometres (50 miles) to the northwest, from the city of Bordeaux to the Pointe de Grave.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Bel Air Mareil and wines from the region

Penfolds doubles production capacity in France following Château Lanessan acquisition

The deal includes 390ha of land in the Haut-Médoc appellation, of which 80ha is currently planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, along with the winery. It will allow TWE’s flagship brand, Penfolds, to increase its focus on creating blends featuring grapes from Bordeaux and Barossa. Earlier this year, chief winemaker Peter Gago unveiled Penfolds II, a Cabernet-Shiraz-Merlot blend created in partnership with Dourthe Bordeaux. The wine featured 71% grapes grown in Bordeaux and 29 ...

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

Domaines Henri Martin – the spirit of family and terroir

The story of Domaines Henri Martin is that of a family business founded on a shared commitment, across generations, to produce wines with character, true to the quality of the exceptional vineyards and the history of the iconic estates they hail from. Descending from a family rooted in the Médoc for more than 300 years, Henri Martin was well aware of the potential of some of the region’s finest parcels. Motivated by this belief and by a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he accomplished something q ...

The word of the wine: Vent (taste of)

A defect that characterizes a wine exposed to the air, and which has lost its aromatic qualities.