Château Bellegrave 2020

Château Bellegrave produces a red wine expressing the terroir of Pomerol

The property

It was in 1951 that Jean Bouldy acquired the Château Bellegrave, in Pomerol. The 3rd generation of the estate, embodied by Jean-Marie Bouldy, his wife and their children, Aurélie and Jean-Baptiste, now oversee the destiny of this beautiful property on the right bank of Bordeaux.

The vineyard

The vineyard of Château Bellegrave extends over 8.5 hectares of vines. It is located in the southwest of the Pomerol appellation. The grape variety of Château Bellegrave is made up of a majority of merlot, complemented by cabernet franc. As early as 2001, Jean-Marie Bouldy began an unofficial conversion to organic viticulture. In 2009, the vineyard of Château Bellegrave was fully converted to organic farming with ECOCERT certification.

Vinification

Blend of plots by soil type, age, grape variety. Specific vinification for each vat.

Blend

Château Bellegrave 2020 is a blend of merlot (75%) and cabernet franc (25%).