Château Jean De Bel Air

Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Maturing beautifully with menthol, cigar leaf, spearmint and blackberry preserve. (Too) easy drinking. — 12 days ago

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Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard

Les Serpentières Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2023

Lyle Fass
9.4

I love what Girard does with this cuvée. Gorgeous nose of sour cherries, wet moss, flowers and mid season perfectly ripe cherries. Little earthy, feral vibe as well on the nose. So Savigny. Palate feels so alive and has terrific fruit and texture. Sweet, silky, gritty and feral all at the same time and has that stunning balance that is a signature of the 23’s from Girard. The best vintage here since 19. So fresh and sappy with great acids and remarkably sweet and velvety tannins. Let’s see what air does but man this is good on the pop and pour. Long, chewy finish. The energy here is top notch. Love the mid palate opulence here. — 5 months ago

Jay, Zach and 7 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 1983

Reddish tawny. Youthful nose. Notes of black currants, blackberries, herbs and spices and some menthol. Silky in the mouth, although at first it comes off as delicate. With more air, some spice and white pepper notes develop, and this goes full on Chave and Hermitage power on you... Not bad for Syrah that's pushing 40 years in age! — 4 years ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Mike Saviage, is this a Kermit import, or the old east coast distributor (Warren S??) — asking because I think I have 1-2 remaining bottles of this purchased back when I lived in NYC (so not Kermit import as some of my later 1980s bottles are). Thanks.
Mike Saviage

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@Doug Powers Hey Doug. Not KL. It was an HDH acquisition awhile ago, with the bottles showing the importer as Heritage Wines out of Niles IL.

Château Bel Air

Cuvée Jean Gabriel Lussac-Saint-Emilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2022

Ted
9.0

Solid. Blueberries with a touch of earth. — 3 months ago

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Jean Foillard

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay 2022

Always excellent. Young but beautiful with an hour of air — 6 months ago

Chateau Bel Air Gloria

Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

easy, smooth. lacks the fruity acids that i love but decent blend. — 7 months ago

Domaine de la Vougeraie

Bel-Air Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2005

Tom Elliot
8.9

As with the same vintage and vineyard as the Taupenot-Merme enjoyed alongside this, it seems to have everything but finesse. — 4 years ago

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Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard

Les Fichots Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2022

Lyle Fass
9.4

Another epic Fichots from Girard. Deep deep mid to late season cherry and glorious spice. Wow the fruit in 22 is so aromatically expressive at the moment. Just gorgeous. Stunning palate with deep deep fruit but also those fierce Fichot tannins. Juicy, silky and sweet but structured and epic. Wow the tannins. This needs mega air but this is a monumental Fichots. Tasting today and still a beast but has that absurd 22 fruit. I’d wait a decade at least. — 4 months ago

Neil, Ray and 12 others liked this

Château Bel Air

Lussac-St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Really nice St. Emilion satellite wine. After 30 min the palate is ripe with red and black fruit and vegetation. The tannic bite on the back end is soft and smooth. Great QPR — 7 months ago

Domaine du Bel Air

Jour de Soif Bourgueil Cabernet Franc

Super delicious, enjoyed this one being that my fiancé and I are big southern Rhône style wine lovers as well as other classical French wine enjoyers. — 4 years ago