Chateau Bellefont-Belcier Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2020 i trækasse

#17 - TOP 100 WINES OF 2023 - JEB DUNNUCK!

”98 points. The finest wine I've tasted from this estate" - Jeb Dunnuck
"97 points. It’s so subtle and complex. Weightless on the palate." – James Suckling
“97 points. A harmonious beauty." - Forbes
"96 points.” – Tastingbook.com
“95 points. It shines from bottle..." - Decanter
"95 points. There is length and precision here that builds and lingers." - Jeff Leve
"95 points. Great potential." - Markus Del Monego MW
"95 points. Full bodied, great structure and a solid, engaging finale." - WinesCritic.com
"94+ points. It's great to see one of Saint-Émilion's sleeping giants awakening." - Robert Parker
"94 points.  It is super-promising..." - Antonio Galloni

Château Bellefont-Belcier må være det Saint Emilion-slot, der leverer den største value for money i den prestigefyldte Cru Classé-liga. Vinen har aldrig været større og den nuværende årgang 2020 er netop blevet kåret som #17 på Jeb Dunnucks TOP 100 liste over verdens bedste vine i 2023.

"Den bedste vin jeg har smagt fra dette vinslot.", konkluderer samme Jeb Dunnuck og giver historiske 98 point, der markerer et foreløbigt højdepunkt for Château Bellefont-Belcier, der har kurs mod stjernerne. Og se så lige en gang til på prisen… Skynd dig at købe, før priserne stiger!

At niveauet er tårnhøjt giver næsten sig selv, når man ser på det terroir Bellefont-Belcier råder over. Markerne ligger perfekt placeret på Pavie-højen ved siden af 100-point-slottet, Château Pavie samt Larcis Ducasse og Tertre Rôteboeuf.

Louis-François de Belcier grundlagde slottet i slutningen af det 18. årh. og det var en smule overset indtil, det endelig blev godkendt som Grand Cru Classsé i 2006. Château Bellefont-Belcier blev købt i 2017 af Peter Kwok, der ejer flere ejendomme i Bordeaux og siden da er kvalitet kun gået en vej – OP! Florale, mineralske og dybe vine med finpolerede tanniner er noget af det du kan forvente dig af deres sublime Grand Vin.

Anmeldelser af Chateau Bellefont-Belcier Saint Èmilion Grand Cru Classé 2020

#17 - TOP 100 WINES OF 2023 - JEB DUNNUCK!

98/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"The finest wine I've tasted from this estate, the 2020 Château Bellefont-Belcier is an incredibly gorgeous blend of 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep ruby/purple-hued, it offers a great nose of cassis, ripe black cherries, camphor, dried flowers, cedar, and forest floor. Bringing gorgeous richness, it nevertheless stays flawlessly balanced, with ultra-fine tannins and a great finish. The purity of fruit here is just about off the charts. While it already offers pleasure, it's going to benefit from short-term cellaring and have 20-25 years of prime drinking. This estate uses a five-day cold soak and fermentation, all in concrete, spanning 25 days. Malolactic fermentation occurs in barrel (four months on lees), and the wine spends 18 months in 30% new French oak, with the balance in once- and twice-used barrels. Yields in 2020 were also reasonable at 34 hectoliters per hectare."

97/100 James Suckling
”Fascinating aromas of plums, peaches, lavender, violets, and other flowers. Hints of fresh herbs, too. So complex. Full-bodied yet so elegant and polished with a curated and focused palate. Hints of chocolate at the end. It’s so subtle and complex. Weightless on the palate. About 30% was aged in 30 hectoliter casks. 72% merlot, 18% cabernet franc and 10% cabernet sauvignon.”

97/100 Forbes
"A walloping slap of fresh, powerfully fruity aromas—red and black cherries—as well as a sliver of spearmint. Lush, plush and gorgeously rounded mouth feel and flavors that include ripe cherries, cacao, cumin and black pepper. Clementines and plums mid palate, bright acidity on the finish. A harmonious beauty."

96/100 Tastingbook.com

95/100 Decanter
"Crushed herb and tobacco leaf along with red berry fruit enchant. Very pure and fresh, indeed gaining in coolness, with more cool blue fruit than either the 2018 or 2019, even if the alcohol level is the same. 30% new oak for ageing, plus 20% in ovoid wooden vats of 40-hectolitres, accentuating fruit purity. 'Our most precise vintage so far,' winemaking director, Jean-Christophe Meyrou, told me two years ago when tasting from barrel. It shines from bottle, but needs a few more years to enter a proper drinking window."

95/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"The oceanic influences are what you initially find before moving on to all the flowers, smoke, and red fruits The wine is fresh, vibrant, elegant and refined. The red fruits show purity with a salty edge on the palate. There is length and precision here that builds and lingers."

95/100 Markus Del Monego MW
"A precisely defined and well balanced wine with great potential."

95/100 Vert de Vin Magazine
"The nose is fresh, elegant and offers a flowery side, a nice concentration (in finesse/control), justness and a nice freshness. It reveals notes of bright/fresh cassis, fleshy/fresh strawberry, small notes of small black berries associated with touches of violet, nutmeg, liquorish stick, small fresh/ripe wild fruits, fine hints of zan, a discreet hint of caramelization and a subtle hint of pepper. the mouth is fruity, all-in finesse/control and offers freshness, juiciness, a good definition, gourmandize, a certain tension, precision, a stretched/racy side, darkness, complexity and a certain aerial side in the balances. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy blackberry, bright cassis, small notes of wild raspberry associated with touches of small fresh/ripe fruits as well as hints of tonka bean, caramelization, fine hints of cornflower, saffron, cherry flower, vanilla. nice hints of sapid in the finish. The tannins are racy, precis and fine. Good length. Discreet hints of cacao and a subtle hint of dark olives in the finish/persistence."

95/100 WinesCritic.com
"Deep and structured showing notes of black prunes, cherries, dates, mixed mushrooms, liquorice and mixed roots. Full bodied, great structure and a solid, engaging finale."

94+/100 Robert Parker
"The 2020 Bellefont Belcier is a terrific follow up to the excellent 2019. Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, licorice, bay leaf and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, seamless and refined, with lovely depth at the core, vibrant acids and a long, chalky finish. It's great to see one of Saint-Émilion's sleeping giants awakening."

94/100 Antonio Galloni
"The 2020 Bellefont-Belcier signals a major move away from the potent, brooding style of years past towards an expression of this site that seeks greater finesse. That is immediately apparent in the wine's feel and tannin profile. Dark plum, lavender, espresso, menthol, licorice and spice are all laced together. I would give the 2020 a few years to soften. It is super-promising, that much is clear. "

94/100 Falstaff
"Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, brighter at the rim. Delicate noble wood savouriness, nuances of ripe red and black wild berries, a hint of clove and cardamom, tobacco touch. Juicy, elegant, pronounced fruit core, ripe tannins, salty touch, mineral finish with just a trace of nougat, cohesive and well-balanced. Good ageing potential.”

94/100 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
"The steady restoration of Bellefont-Belcier to a classified St Emilion worth following continues with this vintage, and it is packed with dark cherry fruits, pomegranate, crayon, tobacco and saffron. "

94/100 The Wine Independent

94/100 Alexandre Ma

Servér vinen til saftige bøffer, lam med urter, and, vildtkød, charcuteri og modne oste. Servér ved 16-18 °C

Om Château Bellefont-Belcier 

Grand Vin: Château Bellefont Belcier Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé
Beliggenhed: Saint-Laurent-des-Combes
2. Vin: Les Tours De Belcier
Beplantet areal: 13,5 ha
Plantede druesorter: 72 % Merlot, 17 % Cabernet Franc og 11 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Fadmodning: 15–18 mdr. 80 % ny barrique