Winery Jean Dubois-ChallonChâteau Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of the Winery Jean Dubois-Challon is in the top 80 of wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.
Taste structure of the Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) from the Winery Jean Dubois-Challon
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of leather, black currant or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
Pairings that work perfectly with Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
Original food and wine pairings with Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
The Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) of Winery Jean Dubois-Challon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, pastillas with lamb and apricots or broccoli gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Dubois-Challon's Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé).
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Château Belair Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) from Winery Jean Dubois-Challon are 1999, 2003, 2000, 0 and 1997.
Informations about the Winery Jean Dubois-Challon
The Winery Jean Dubois-Challon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.
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 word of the wine: Chartreuse
In the Bordeaux region, small castle from the 18th or early 19th century.
