The Chateau Bel-Air of Côtes de Bourg of Bordeaux

Chateau Bel-Air - Côtes de Bourg
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 130 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Côtes de Bourg in the region of Bordeaux

The Chateau Bel-Air is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes de Bourg.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Côtes de Bourg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Bel-Air wines

Looking for the best Chateau Bel-Air wines in Côtes de Bourg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Bel-Air 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 Chateau Bel-Air wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Chateau Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Bel-Air

How Chateau Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, veal chops au gratin or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Bel-Air

On the nose the red wine of Chateau Bel-Air. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Chateau Bel-Air. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Bel-Air

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Bel-Air.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Bourg

The wine region of Côtes de Bourg is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc de Cambes or the Château Tayac produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Bourg are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Bourg often reveals types of flavors of oak, sweet tobacco or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of cigar, ripe blackberries or bell pepper.

In the mouth of Côtes de Bourg is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 478 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Bourg, producing 830 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Bourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Chateau Bel-Air

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes de Bourg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Chateau Bel-Air.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Chateau Bel-Air and wines from the region

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

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 ...

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

The word of the wine: Powerful

Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.

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