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  • Weather

    11° C Moderate rain
  • Time

    21:44 PM
  • Wine average?

    93 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    369
  • Region Ranking?

    198
  • Popularity ranking?

    216

History

Château Bellevue has always been positioned alongside Premiers Grands Crus Classés. Standing upon one of Saint Emilion’s finest terroirs, the vineyard follows the curves of the hill on the Eastern, Southern and South-western sides, as well as on the plateau. The 17th century manor house, with its terraces bordered by antique balustrades and the beauty of the grounds that encompass it enhance the charm of this magical place.

The history of this fine charterhouse begins in the seventeenth century, when the ‘Fief de Bellevue’ belonged to the Lacaze family.

The estate passed to Louis Horeau, a first cousin of Jean Lacaze, in 1938. He was succeeded by his sons-in-law Jacques Pradel de Lavaux and René de Coninck. In 2007, the Coninck family sold their stake in Bellevue to the owners of Château Angelus, who thus joined forces with the Pradel de Lavaux family to run this magical, historic estate.

 

Taking the reins of the château in 2000, Nicolas Thienpont, with expert advice from Stéphane Derenoncourt, launched a programme of renovation work to improve the natural drainage of the soil, replanting certain plots of the vineyard and introducing new biodynamic vine-tending techniques to complement the estate’s traditional working methods.

In this same spirit of constantly striving for perfection, the winemaking team from Château Angelus now supervises all work in the vineyard and in the winery.

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Vineyards

Bordering on the highest point of the famous Saint-Emilion limestone plateau (75m), the vines of Château Bellevue are spread over around 7 hectares of south and south-west facing slopes, nestled side by side with the Premiers Grands Crus Classés. 

They are rooted in a varied terroir that reflects the geological evolution of the region, with a clay-limestone subsoil which becomes progressively richer in limestone towards the top of the hill.

 Surface area: 6.82 hectares of a single piece of land (19.24 acres). Soil Type: Clay-limestone. Grape varieties: 98% merlot, 2% cabernet franc. Average age of vines: 40 years.

Density of plantation: 6.000 to 7.500 vines per hectare. Culture: vines are grown traditionally and a proportion of rows are grassed down; de-budding is carried out, followed by green harvests. Manual picking.

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Winemaking

Harvest reception:sorting before and after de-stemming. Vats:wooden, concrete and stainless steel vats, all equipped with temperature control. Vinification: Manual harvest. Sorting before and after de-stemming. Vatting 2 to 3 weeks. Put in barrels immediatly after running off. Ageing in barrels: 16 to 20 months. Annual production (average): 20.000 bottles

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