The Château Villa Bel Air of Graves of Bordeaux

Château Villa Bel Air
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Famille J.M Cazes.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Graves in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Villa Bel Air is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Graves to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Villa Bel Air wines

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

The top red wines of Château Villa Bel Air

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

How Château Villa Bel Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bernard's potée, country-style veal roulades with risotto or garbure with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Villa Bel Air

On the nose the red wine of Château Villa Bel Air. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pencil shavings or cranberry and sometimes also flavors of pepper, clove or cassis. In the mouth the red wine of Château Villa Bel Air. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

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

  • 2003With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 1999With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Graves

Graves is a wine region on the left bank of the Bordeaux region of France, characterized by the gravel soils that give it its name. Unique among the sub-regions of Bordeaux, Graves is equally respected for its red and white wines. The AOC Graves, which covers both red and white wines, is the catch-all appellation of the district. A typical Graves red is based on the classic Bordeaux grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot sometimes in a supporting role.

The typical white wine of Graves is Dry, medium-bodied and usually made from the equally familiar combination of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. About 2500 hectares of AOC Graves vineyards are devoted to red grapes, with about 750 hectares planted with white grapes. Average production is about 20 million bottles per year for white, red and Graves Supérieures wines. The latter share the same boundaries as Graves, but are a classification for Sweet white wines only, with about 150 hectares of dedicated vineyards.

The top white wines of Château Villa Bel Air

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Villa Bel Air

How Château Villa Bel Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, quiche without pastry or eggs florentine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Villa Bel Air

On the nose the white wine of Château Villa Bel Air. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, butter or oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, earth or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Château Villa Bel Air. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Villa Bel Air

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.54/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Villa Bel Air.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Villa Bel Air

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Château Villa Bel Air and wines from the region

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.