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Château Belgrave 2010

Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux A.C., France

Community Score: 4.6/5
Community Reviews: 12

Price: $67.95

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 13.5%

Drink: 2017-2025

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Château Belgrave

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 93/100 with the following review:

This is one of the most impressive wines from the holdings of Vignobles Dourthe. It's located just west of St. Julien, on the Left Bank. It is one of the best priced classified growths on the market, at just under $70ish dollars, in most places. Aclassified growth is a wine relegated into a growth category from the Napoleonic rating desognation for Bordeaux, from 1855. Belgrave is one of 18 wines considered a fifth growth.
This wine crushes. It's from the famous 2010 vintage, so it has a somewhat higher alcohol than it normally would. It's uber ripe.
The glass is stained garnet red, as youbswirl it.
Savoury herbs, stewed plum, black cherry, cassis, smoke, curry spices, and sanguinary.
Absolutely full flavoured and delicious. Perfect compliment of oak to it. Favours of cassis jam, smoke, plum sauce, blackberry, dark chocolate, melted licorice, and sundried tomato.
The wine reviewed was decanted by the host for a significant period of time (1 hour +). Expect it to be closed off and quite firm, upon initial opening. Put this alongside Bordelais style lamb cooked over grapevine tinder, or with stuffed mushroom cap appetizers.

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