The Château Bel-Air of Lussac-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Bel-Air - Cuvée Jean Gabriel Lussac Saint-Émilion
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Lussac-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Bel-Air is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Lussac-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Bel-Air wines

Looking for the best Château Bel-Air wines in Lussac-Saint-Émilion 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.

The top red wines of Château Bel-Air

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

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 braised beef with carrots, mouse of lamb with honey and thyme or wild boar with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bel-Air

On the nose the red wine of Château Bel-Air. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, cheese or pepper and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, black currant or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Château Bel-Air. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • 2001With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion

The wine region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Roques or the Domaine Gérard Depardieu produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lussac-Saint-Émilion are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lussac-Saint-Émilion often reveals types of flavors of cherry, jam or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of violet, forest floor or aniseed.

In the mouth of Lussac-Saint-Émilion is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 288 estates and châteaux in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion, producing 425 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lussac-Saint-Émilion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top pink wines of Château Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Bel-Air

How Château Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), couscous chicken and merguez or caramelized pork ribs.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Bel-Air.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Bel-Air

Planning a wine route in the of Lussac-Saint-Émilion? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Bel-Air.

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 and wines from the region

Cheval Blanc 2021 released en primeur: ‘an obvious buy’

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The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.