Chateau Belair-Monange Premier Grand Cru Classe Saint-Emilion 2008
Chateau Belair-Monange Premier Grand Cru Classe Saint-Emilion 2008
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CHATEAU BELAIR MONANGE
PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSE
SAINT-EMILION
APPELLATION
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
CLASSIFICATION
1° Grand Cru Classé
VINEYARD SIZE
23.5 hectares (58 acres)
SOIL TYPES
Asteriated limestone on the plateau Blue clay on limestone in the slopes
VINEYARD GRAPE VARIETALS
90% Merlot - 10% Cabernet Franc
AVERAGE VINE AGE
25 years
VITICULTURE
«Culture raisonnée» Soil tilling (4 ways)
Vine growth management adapted to
the climatic conditions
HARVEST
Manual harvest Double sorting: optical and manual
WINEMAKING
In thermo-regulated concrete and stainless-steel vats
Gentle, controlled maceration
and extraction
AGING
16-18 months in French oak barrels
(50% new)
2008 VINTAGE BLEND
83% Merlot - 17% Cabernet Franc
CHÂTEAU BÉLAIR-MONANGE
PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ
Château Bélair-Monange traces its origins back to Roman times. Situated at the highest point of Saint-Émilion’s famed limestone plateau, it has long been considered one of the region’s very best crus. By 1850 it was ranked by Cocks & Feret as the leading wine of Saint-Émilion, a position it held well into the twentieth century.
Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix purchased the iconic Château in 2008 and immediately undertook extensive renovations of the vineyard, winery, underground quarries, and château in order to restore the cru to its rightful historic status.
In 2012, Château Magdelaine, a contiguous Premier Grand Cru Classé acquired by Jean-Pierre Moueix in 1952, was merged into Château Bélair-Monange. The name ‘Monange,’ in addition to its literal translation, ‘my angel,’ was the maiden name of Jean-Pierre Moueix’s mother, Anne-Adèle, the first Moueix woman to call Saint-Émilion her home.
Château Bélair-Monange combines the terroirs of the most privileged sites of Saint-Émilion. The limestone from the central plateau parcels offers freshness, minerality, and delicate, lingering aromatics, while the dense, blue clay of the slopes provides intensity, length, and a unique elegance to the wine.
2008 VINTAGE
The north-eastern wind that began blowing on September 19th saved a vintage compromised by an uncertain summer.
Winter was rainy. Spring, after a few rare episodes of frost, was also marked by rainfall, which made for a difficult flowering and, consequently, seriously reduced yiels.
Thankfully, July was sunny and hot, while August and September were quite dreary. The second half of September and the month of October saved the vintage.
When nature is capricious, man’s work is all the more essential. The decision to leaf-thin and green harvest, selecting only the best clusters, was fundamental but cruel, given the small quantity left on the vine. Optical sorting tables further delivered a choice harvest.
Nonetheless, it was thanks to the small amount of clusters left on the vines that maturity could be fully achieved. Harvest took place from October 13th to 21st.
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