Château Bel Air Ouÿ 2000
Owned by Jean-Luc Thunevin since 1999, Château Bel Air Ouÿ is located in the town of Saint-Etienne de Lisse, on a magnificent clay-limestone terroir adjacent to the famous Château Fleur Cardinale. The vineyard receives the same meticulous care as at Valandraud, resulting in a supple and silky grand cru. A fine bottle from the great 2000 vintage, superb to taste right now and ready for the holidays!
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Starting at €99 on your first order
Nose
smooth, with notes of vanilla and wild strawberries
Palate
smooth and silky, making you forget the tannins
Serve
Decant at 18°C
Open
2–3 hours in advance
Drink from
2008
Production
30,000 bottles
Food and wine pairings
A savourer sur une entrecôte à la bordelaise, un carré d'agneau et gratin dauphinois, un risotto aux champignons sauvages...<br/>
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Rated (2012 Guide) 6* Stars (Exceptional Quality)
About the estate:
“Owned by the Thunevin family, Clos Badon is located in the commune of Saint-Émilion; part of the Thunevin portfolio since 1998, it comprises 6.5 hectares planted on sandy-gravelly soil, with a vineyard composition dominated by Merlot. It is from this same terroir that the Valandraud wines are produced, including Château de Valandraud, which in a way helped launch the trend for the famous “garage wines.” The dynamic Jean-Luc Thunevin, who now oversees some twenty hectares in the Bordeaux region, still has several tricks up his sleeve; his Bad Boy (95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc) was, in theory, supposed to also include Grenache or Carignan from... Maury, in Roussillon, all under the Vin de Pays de France appellation! To be continued, no doubt.”
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated estate (2013 guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, belong in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)
About the estate:
(Valandreaux) “Few châteaux can claim to be as controversial as this one. The meteoric rise of Valandraud, founded by Jean-Luc Thunevin in the early 1990s, is as irritating as it is fascinating. How did the wines from this unassuming estate—built from scratch on a single hectare of vineyards in Saint-Émilion—manage, in less than two decades, to establish themselves to the point where they now rank among the most expensive and sought-after in Bordeaux? The personality of its owner, his talents as a taster and winemaker, and his keen business sense provide much of the answer. However, one should not overlook the contents of the bottle: Valandraud, an exotic and sensual wine from the start, also ages very well. While it was once the leader of the garage wine movement, Valandraud is no longer part of it today. With its 10 hectares located in the commune of Saint-Etienne-de-Lisse, it surpasses many of the region’s estates in size. Nevertheless, the methods have not changed; the vineyard remains one of the best-maintained in all of Bordeaux, and the wine continues to benefit from all of Jean-Luc Thunevin’s expertise.”