Chateau Belair, Grand Cru St Emilion Vintage:2005 It shows fresh flavours of

It shows fresh flavours of apricot and white peach on the nose with hawthorn undertones

a singular white grenache

but this finesse-styled St

The oak is well integrated and the aromatics are pure and precise

The flavour is rich

Chateau Belair, Grand Cru St Emilion Vintage:2005 It shows fresh flavours ofThe 2005 may be the finest Belair I have ever tasted (which includes at least 35 vintages). By no means inspiring, especially in the context of the vintage, it is a deep ruby hued, medium bodied 2005 offering an attractive, sweet bouquet of black cherry liqueur, earth, and vanilla. It is made in a medium bodied style that is not dissimilar from Moueixs nearby premier grand cru classe estate, Magdelaine. There is more minerality here, but this finesse