Château Tour de Bellegarde since 1516
Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge
- Color: Red
- Appellation: Bordeaux Supérieur
- Total surface area: 30 ha
- Grape varieties: Merlot 90%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Cabernet Sauvignon 5%.
- Terroir: Clay and clay-limestone on Fronsadais molasse
- Average vine age: 35 years
- Average density: 5,000 vines/ha
- Responsible viticulture: traditional with grassing and/or tillage
- Limited, reasoned use of phytosanitary products
- Vinification: plot-by-plot in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats.
- Maturation: 9 to 12 months in oak barrels, 50% in stave vats, 50% in French oak barrels, some of which come from the Tronçais forest.
- Yield: 48 hl/ha Production
- Certification: HVE 3
- Owner: SCEA Vignobles Guillaume Bergeon
- Manager: Guillaume Bergeon
- Oenologist: Hubert de Boüard Consulting (Maxime Tach)
- Tasting: This vintage, made from plot selections, is superb in its concentration. Revised in 2020 to rival the most prestigious Bordeaux wines. It reveals bright Merlot fruit, delicate oak and a creamy mouth with silky tannins. Delicious in its youth, it reveals an even more complex and harmonious bouquet with age.
