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Scores + Notes
The 2021 Château Bellevue showed lots of wood and grippy tannins, although it has good fruit as well as notes of cassis and graphite. There's solid mid-palate depth here as well, but it has some oak to integrate for this to come together and not be over-oaked.
Jeb Dunnuck (June 2022) Score: 86-88+/127
A late-ripening estate that can be austere when young even in the biggest vintages, and here you will definitely feel the emphasis on sculpted raspberry fruits, with limestone acidity. Juicy and elegant, it opens up when you give it time, and will soften up over ageing. Lemongrass and gunsmoke minerality, this is bright and focused.
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (April 2022) Score: 91/100 Drink 2026-2042
Generous, ample and softly sweet and jammy, the freshness, acidity and fruit purity is to the fore as are the grippy chewy fleshy tannins. It has the density to push on the mid palate but also sustains an aerial nature through to a long finish and feels well worked with no harshness here. A juicy strawberry succulence comes in on the second and third tastes alongside aniseed touches and I like the mineral crushed stone element on the tongue. This has a definite charm!
Georgie Hindle, Decanter (April 2022) Score: 91/100 Drink 2024-2040
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Product Details
The 2021 Château Bellevue showed lots of wood and grippy tannins, although it has good fruit as well as notes of cassis and graphite. There's solid mid-palate depth here as well, but it has some oak to integrate for this to come together and not be over-oaked.
Jeb Dunnuck (June 2022) Score: 86-88+/127
A late-ripening estate that can be austere when young even in the biggest vintages, and here you will definitely feel the emphasis on sculpted raspberry fruits, with limestone acidity. Juicy and elegant, it opens up when you give it time, and will soften up over ageing. Lemongrass and gunsmoke minerality, this is bright and focused.
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (April 2022) Score: 91/100 Drink 2026-2042
Generous, ample and softly sweet and jammy, the freshness, acidity and fruit purity is to the fore as are the grippy chewy fleshy tannins. It has the density to push on the mid palate but also sustains an aerial nature through to a long finish and feels well worked with no harshness here. A juicy strawberry succulence comes in on the second and third tastes alongside aniseed touches and I like the mineral crushed stone element on the tongue. This has a definite charm!
Georgie Hindle, Decanter (April 2022) Score: 91/100 Drink 2024-2040
Bordeaux / France
En Primeur
2024-2042