Château Belgrave 2022 Bouteille (75cl)
Château Belgrave 2022 is a Haut-Médoc red wine, classified as a 5th Grand Cru Classé in 1855. It blends 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Harvesting was done manually from September 12 to October 1st, featuring cluster sorting and optical sorting prior to vinfication. Vinification involved cold pre-fermentation maceration, about 30 days of vatting, and malolactic fermentation carried out partly in barrels; aging lasted 12 months in oak barrels. The Wine Advocate awards it 90/100 and advises drinking between 2025 and 2030; James Suckling rates it 94/100, while Wine Spectator gives it 90/100, to be enjoyed through 2031. Critics describe a profile of black fruits, violet, spices, and ink, driven by velvety, integrated, and persistent tannins.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 6
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Belgrave
- Millésime
- 2022
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.
