The Château Bel Air Le Bourg of Bordeaux

Château Bel Air Le Bourg
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 7328 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

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

Top Château Bel Air Le Bourg wines

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

The top red wines of Château Bel Air Le Bourg

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Bel Air Le Bourg

How Château Bel Air Le Bourg wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, veal shoulder with cream and tarragon or gigolette of rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bel Air Le Bourg

In the mouth the red wine of Château Bel Air Le Bourg. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Bel Air Le Bourg

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

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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 Château Bel Air Le Bourg and wines from the region

Bordeaux: Dourthe president Patrick Jestin to retire

Jestin said he has decided to retire after 35 years of helping to develop Maison Dourthe and Bordeaux in general – from exploring new vineyard management and winemaking techniques to promoting wines on the international stage. ‘Although no longer involved in the day-to-day side of the business, rest assured that I will continue to support the company as both stakeholder and trustee,’ he said. Dourthe, founded in 1840, has owned fifth growth estate Château Belgrave since 1979 but also has several ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

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: Rich

Said of a complex and concentrated wine, whose power suggests a good capacity for ageing.