Château Belgrave 1988
The 1988 Château Belgrave is a red wine from Haut-Médoc in Bordeaux, classified as a 5th Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Its blend comprises 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. The grand vin comes from a single 60-hectare vineyard whose plot layout has remained unchanged since the 1855 classification. Its deep, well-drained gravel soils favor the expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, the emblematic grape variety of the Médoc.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Belgrave
- Millésime
- 1988
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot
Château Belgrave
Château Belgrave is a Fifth Grand Cru Classé from 1855, situated in Saint-Laurent-Médoc, within the Haut-Médoc appellation, in the immediate vicinity of Saint-Julien. Its single contiguous vineyard comprises 50 hectares of planted vines, spread across two hillsides of deep gravel. The estate is managed by the Château Belgrave General Partnership (GFV) and is operated by Dourthe.
- Owner
- GFV du Château Belgrave
- Maître de chais
- Guillaume Singier
- Surface (ha)
- 60.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 200 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Château Belgrave site corresponds to the former Darrouilh farmstead, where a hunting lodge stood during the reign of Louis XV. In 1796, upon the death of the wine merchant Joseph Brisson, the estate was divided amongst his heirs. It appears in Guillaume Lawton’s 1815 classification under the name Brisson. In 1823, the doctor Godefroi Bartelemi Coutanceau acquired the Darrous farmstead and developed the vineyard. The Bordeaux wine merchant Bruno Devès took over and restructured the property in 1851, building the outbuildings, cellars and fermentation vats, and commissioning the construction of the present-day residence on the site of the former hunting lodge. The estate was classified as a Fifth Growth in 1855 under the name Coutanceau. Marcel Alibert acquired it in 1898 and, at the start of the 20th century, established the name Belgrave; he also contributed to the creation of the Syndicat des Crus Classés du Médoc in 1901. Since 1979, the estate has been managed by the Dourthe company. The second wine, Diane de Belgrave, was created in 1987. Guillaume Singier joined the estate as cellar master in 2026.
