France
Bordeaux

Château Bel-Air, AOC Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux, 2019

Lot

4273

Grape Variety

Merlot

Producer

Vintex

Castillon, a cooler, hilly extension of Saint-Émillion, is well-placed to adjust to increasingly warmer vintages and merits a detour as a source of good quality, good value Bordeaux. The nose here is well defined, offering notes of blackcurrant, liquorice, and Byng cherry. Where there are vegetal notes they are attractive and offer a sense of place. The palate reveals a pleasant dryness (cedar) that is well balanced by the reappearance of ripe blackcurrant, lifted further by tinned strawberries. 2023-2028–MP
Wine Type: Red
Merlot
750ml
Bottle size
6
Concentration: Medium Oak: Medium Oak
Alchohol Content: 14.5
14.5%
Aroma
Blackcurrant, liquorice, Byng cherry, undergrowth
Taste
Ripe blackcurrant, tinned strawberries, cedar, undergrowth
Ideal With
Warm wild mushroom and cheese dip