Château Laplagnotte-Bellevue
Merlot-led Saint-Émilion Grand Cru with Cabernet Franc. Hand harvesting, temperature-controlled concrete vats and twelve months in French oak. Proportions vary by vintage.
Terroir
A 5.4-hectare sandy-clay plateau in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, with chalky clay-limestone subsoil and iron-rich layers.
Winemaking
Hand harvesting and sorting; alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in temperature-controlled concrete vats. Twelve months in French oak barrels, 25% new.
Tasting
2022: dense and structured, with black coffee, black plum and ripe, firm tannins. 2023: a style centred on Merlot from the clay-limestone plateau.