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Châteaux Bellevue is barrel-aged for six months on its lees (100% new oak) for a total of approximately 24 months. Final blending takes place just before bottling, and the wine is neither fined nor filtered.
"Very little wine is produced (about 400 cases) from this tiny 5-acre vineyard, but it is always among the most concentrated and richest of Bordeaux. The inky/purple-colored 2007 offers sweet cassis fruit notes interwoven with notions of graphite, chalk dust, and toast. Full-bodied with terrific purity and intensity (14.5% alcohol), it should drink well for 20+ years."
94 Points
The Wine Advocate
"Bright ruby. Musky aromas of black raspberry and licorice. Chewy and supple but a bit unforthcoming, even stunted, today, and not yet showing much definition to its highly concentrated flavors of black fruits, licorice and minerals. Hard to taste now but there's excellent sweetness and solid underlying structure here. This wine always needs time, notes Gerard Perse, who told me that the crop level here in 2007 was just 25 hectoliters per hectare. Range: 89-92"
92 Points
International Wine Cellar
"Dark-colored and very spicy, with meat, dark fruits and cigar box aromas. Full-bodied, with loads of fruit and masses of new wood. Impresses with its opulence and structure. Needs time in the bottle. Best after 2013. "
90 Points
Wine Spectator
