Château Bellefont-Belcier

Château Bellefont-Belcier

St-Emilion 2019

Bordeaux, France

Regular price£170.00
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Case Format
Duty Status
Style: Red Drink from: 2025
ABV: 14.5% Drink to: 2045
Packaging: OWC Stock arriving: December 2024
Critic scores
94 RP, 94 NM, 94 AG, 95 JS, 16+ JR, 94 JA
Critic reviews
"From a beautifully situated hillside vineyard, sandwiched between Larcis Ducasse and Tertre Roteboeuf on either side, with holdings belonging to Pavie and Troplong Mondot on the plateau above, the 2019 Bellefont Belcier has turned out very well indeed. Offering up aromas of smoky berry fruit, loamy soil, subtle spices, black truffle and violets, it's full-bodied, velvety and seamless, with a vibrant, enveloping profile and a long, penetrating finish. This is a terrific effort, though given the thoughtful farming and program of replanting that is underway at this long-neglected estate, I suspect it only hints at what is to come as Jean-Christophe Meyrou and his team get to work."
William Kelley, April 2022, RobertParker.com

"The 2019 Bellefont Belcier is delineated and focused on the nose with pure blackberry, briary, crushed stone and cedar scents, the oak here nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, cohesive and smooth, blackberry and white pepper tinged with cedar towards the finish. This sashays along in style, and it is very promising. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting."
Neal Martin, February 2023, Vinous.com

"The 2019 Bellefont-Belcier is a wine of tremendous reserve. The 35% Cabernet Franc comes through in the wine's aromatic profile and overall feel. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2019 needs time to come together. It is a seriously impressive wine with tons of character. I have long admired Bellefont-Belcier for its potential. In the past, the tannins were simply overpowering, if the 2019 is any indication, that might be less of an issue going forward."
Antonio Galloni, January 2022, Vinous.com

"A vintage that shows a resurgence of quality at this Grand Cru Classé that slightly slipped under the radar for a few years. Now owned by Peter Kwok, and overseen by his talented winemaking team, this is well built and muscular, and needs another four or five years in bottle. The fruit is dark and sleek, very much majoring of cassis and blueberry, with black pepper tight chocolate curls and smoked tobacco leaf. 40% new oak, 3.7pH."
Jane Anson, December 2021, JaneAnson.com

"Tasted blind. Colour a bit less intense than some. Nose is sweet but not that intense. But there is lots of pleasure and intensity on the palate – and no oak or that much alcohol. Still unformed."
Jancis Robinson, January 2023, JancisRobinson.com

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Critics

AG
Antonio Galloni, vinous.com
AM
Allan Meadows, Burghound.com
DC
Decanter, Decanter.com
GM
Gus McLean, AbingdonFineWine.com
JA
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com
JD
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com
JR
Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com
JS
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com
LPB
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, TheWineIndependent.com
NM
Neal Martin, RobertParker.com
RP
Various, RobertParker.com
TA
Tim Atkin, TimAtkin.com
VM
Various, vinous.com

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