Retour Château Bellegrave - Pomerol - Rouge - 2018
COUNTRY/REGION: Bordeaux
DESIGNATION: AOP Pomerol
COLOR: Red
VINTAGE: 2018
GRAPE VARIETY: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
ALCOHOL: 14.5 vol.
CONTENT: 75 cl
The tasting
Color Intense and bright red.
Nose Very fresh, aromas of black berries mixed with notes of sweet spices.
Palate Generous, velvety and fresh. Perfectly matured, this wine with long and graceful tannins unfolds its palate with finesse, elegance, depth and persistence.
The sommelier's advice
Temperature Serve between 16 and 18°C.
Food Game in sauce, roast pigeon with porcini mushrooms, filet mignon of venison, herb-crusted rib of beef, 7-hour leg of lamb, refined farmhouse Saint-Nectaire cheese.
Cellar ageing From now until 2028
The estate and the wine
Wine Combining finesse with elegance, the 2018 Château Bellegrave Pomerol offers itself with great charm. The very fresh nose, the long and graceful tannins, with great depth, make up a well-constructed wine, with a good flavors of fruit, between dark berries and sweet spices. Perfectly matured, it displays great ease on the palate and is particularly pleasing in this rich vintage which has managed to preserve its freshness. Here is a Pomerol of great evidence, simply delicious.
Vinification Hand harvested with selective sorting from September 17 to October 2, 2018. Blending of plots by soil type, age and grape variety, personalized vinification for each wine, aging in oak barrels of which 1/3 new, 1/3 of 1 wine, 1/3 of 2 wines.

Wine certified organic by Ecocert.
AWARDS
AWARDS Wine rated 92/100 in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2023 (RVF)
Estate rated 3 stars in the Guide Bettane et Desseauve 2023