The Château Tour Bel Air of Montagne-Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux

Château Tour Bel Air
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Montagne-Saint-Émilion in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Tour Bel Air is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Montagne-Saint-Émilion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Tour Bel Air wines

Looking for the best Château Tour Bel Air wines in Montagne-Saint-Émilion among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Tour 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 Tour Bel Air wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Tour Bel Air

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

How Château Tour Bel Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, lamb confit with new potatoes or wild boar ragout with kriek.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Tour Bel Air

On the nose the red wine of Château Tour Bel Air. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Château Tour Bel Air. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • 1998With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Montagne-Saint-Émilion

Largest satellite of Saint-Émilion on the Bordeaux right bank (1,507 ha, AOC 1936): rich, silky reds dominated by Merlot (~75%, ripe fruit, velvety texture) with spicy Cabernet Franc (~20%) and Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep ruby robe, a nose of red and black fruits, pepper, undergrowth and plum, a structured tannic finish evolving towards leather and tobacco. Clay-limestone and gravel soils on plateau and slopes, an accessible alternative to Saint-Émilion for the everyday cellar.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.