Château BEL AIR MARQUIS D'ALIGRE 2013
Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre is located in Soussans, in the commune of Margaux in the Bordeaux wine region. In all the classifications of the 17th and 18th centuries, the wine of Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre was considered one of the best Second Growths. It was not classified in 1855 because the Marquis d'Aligre, who was the owner, reserved it for his friends and therefore did not go through the brokers who developed this classification. However, in 1932 during the first Crus Bourgeois classification, it was one of the few to be classified as " Grand Cru Exceptionnel " (which brought together the notorious failures of the 1855 Classification) and this mention still appears on its label. The Boyer family has managed the vineyard rigorously for about 50 years. Today, Jean-Pierre Boyer is in charge of the 13 hectares.
BAMA , as it is nicknamed, is an atypical and original wine for the appellation, very different from Bordeaux standards since it is aged only in concrete vats as was the case in the 19th century. The wine results from a blend of the four classic grape varieties, almost in equal parts: 35% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 15% Petit Verdot . The aging varies from 3 to 7 years depending on the vintage, and those that are not up to scratch are simply not bottled, with the juices being sold to the wine trade. The result is a medium-colored, not very powerful but intensely perfumed wine of rare finesse. With its great aging potential, the wine is enriched with very refined evolving tertiary notes. For the most recent vintages, decanting for several hours is recommended to allow the wine to reveal its purest expression.
Grape varieties: 35% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 15% Petit Verdot
