Château Bellefont-Belcier 2023
St-Emilion Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£207.00
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Arriving: Spring 2026
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: % | Closure: Cork |
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Critic scores
93-95 RP, 90 NM, 92-94 AG, 97 JS
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Bellefont Belcier demonstrates this property's continuing renaissance, exhibiting more density and seriousness as the team starts to get the best out of their holdings on the plateau of Saint-Émilion overlooking the slopes that surround the château. Offering up aromas of dark berries and cherries mingled with hints of burning embers and iris, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, with a layered core of fruit, powdery structuring tannins and a long, penetrating finish."
William Kelley, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Bellefont-Belcier does not quite fire out of the blocks, quite "rigid" aromatics with blackberry and loamy aromas. I would just like more nuance and energy. The palate is smooth and sweet, fine tannins and a keen line of acidity. There is dark chocolate on the finish that partially obscures the black fruit, but I like the pepperiness on the finish. Fine, but deserves time in bottle."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Bellefont-Belcier is dark, pliant and super-expressive. This heady, explosive wine is packed with dark fruit, gravel, incense and licorice. Pencil shavings, lavender and chocolate linger on the potent, resonant finish. Interestingly, Bellefont-Belcier was once quite opulent. Consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos dialed it back starting with the 2018 vintage but now seems to be searching for more of a middle ground. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Precise and minerally on the nose, with fresh, chalky red berries and hints of tobacco and fine herbs. Tense and al dente on the palate, with fine, silky tannins, transparency and texture. There is initial balance to it that makes it attractive now, but it will age well, too. This is one of the best from the estate. 72% merlot, 18% cabernet franc and 10% cabernet sauvignon. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com
William Kelley, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Bellefont-Belcier does not quite fire out of the blocks, quite "rigid" aromatics with blackberry and loamy aromas. I would just like more nuance and energy. The palate is smooth and sweet, fine tannins and a keen line of acidity. There is dark chocolate on the finish that partially obscures the black fruit, but I like the pepperiness on the finish. Fine, but deserves time in bottle."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Bellefont-Belcier is dark, pliant and super-expressive. This heady, explosive wine is packed with dark fruit, gravel, incense and licorice. Pencil shavings, lavender and chocolate linger on the potent, resonant finish. Interestingly, Bellefont-Belcier was once quite opulent. Consulting winemaker Thomas Duclos dialed it back starting with the 2018 vintage but now seems to be searching for more of a middle ground. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Precise and minerally on the nose, with fresh, chalky red berries and hints of tobacco and fine herbs. Tense and al dente on the palate, with fine, silky tannins, transparency and texture. There is initial balance to it that makes it attractive now, but it will age well, too. This is one of the best from the estate. 72% merlot, 18% cabernet franc and 10% cabernet sauvignon. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com