Chateau de Bel Air is a wonderful Bordeaux, fruity, earthy and ready to please now.

Mentioned in the Cocks & Feret guides as one of the best wines of the appellation as early as 1922, Château de Bel-Air is situated on a sunny plateau that gently slopes southward. The historical quality of its wines and its privileged position, which guarantees the vineyard ideal sun exposure year-round, drew owner Michel de Laet Derache to acquire the property in 2011.

The 2015 Bel-Air is a very pretty, gracious wine. Bright red stone fruit, tobacco and floral notes give it aromatic lift and plenty of sensuality to match its midweight personality. All the elements are very nicely balanced throughout. Antonion Galloni, Vinous.

It has a more tertiary-driven bouquet with undergrowth scents peeking through the carapace of black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with thickset tannin, nicely judged acidity, smooth in texture with a harmonious, slightly saline finish.