The Château Bel Air is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Fronsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Bel Air wines in Fronsac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château 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 Château Bel Air wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Bel Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), lamb stew with melting peppers or whole duck casserole with white wine.
On the nose the red wine of Château Bel Air. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, strawberries or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Bel Air. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Fronsac is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Fontaine-Saint-Cric or the Château Haut-Carles produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fronsac are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fronsac often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, dried fruit or black plum and sometimes also flavors of dried herbs, chalk or sweet tobacco.
In the mouth of Fronsac is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 162 estates and châteaux in the of Fronsac, producing 272 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fronsac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
Planning a wine route in the of Fronsac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Bel Air.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
