Winemaker Notes
Characterized by a rich and powerful red fruit nose with notes of vanilla and toast, this elegant oak-matured ruby red wine delights the palate with its overtones of licorice, delicate spice and red fruit, while its tannic content provides a long and firm finish.
Blend: 65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
The wine’s cocoa aroma and black-currant fruits are ripe and fresh. From the far east of the Bordeaux region, this estate offers rich structure and a succulent acidity.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2022 Château Bellevue Peycharneau presents a generous, well-textured palate, layered with notes of ripe blueberries, exotic spices, and warm, earthy notes. These flavors make an ideal companion to a classic Provençal beef stew. (Tasted: June 20, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.