Chateau de Bellevue Lussac Saint-Emilion 2015

The grand wine of the property, with mostly merlot. Pleasant from its youth for its red-fruit aroma. The nose becomes more complex after a few years. Slightly tannic structure. Unfiltered and unrefined.

The good-natured proprietor of the Chateau de Bellevue, Andre Chatenoud, seems more at home in his cellars than anywhere else. Though he and his family have owned the property since 1971, the history of the chateau dates back to at least the 18th Century. One needs only to explore the incredible limestone caves and see the rich range of old graffiti engravings to be impressed: from harvest workers of the 1700s to American G.I.’s of the 1940s, so many of its visitors have been eager to mark their place in time through the walls of this small yet refined estate.