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Château Bellerive - Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru 2015 (liquoreux)

Name: Château Bellerive - Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru 2015 (sweet wine)
Brand: Château Bellerive
Rating: 4.7 (7 reviews)

Quart de Chaume Grand Cru|White wine

4.7/5 (7 customers)

98/100

Decanter

Chenin

desserts

blue cheese

sweet

"An elegant nose combining toasted dried fruit and ripe oranges. The palate offers exotic fruit, honeyed vanilla notes, and dried orchard fruit." (Gold Decanter). Nothing is missing from this exceptional 2015 vintage, which is already making our mouths water. Already great and more than promising, this bottle concentrates aromatic complexity, richness, and power, while maintaining balance and freshness. An incredible vintage full of panache and great aging potential!

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Estate

Château Bellerive

Vintage

2015

Designation

Quart de Chaume Grand Cru

Region

Loire

Grape varieties

100% Chenin

Terroirs

Composed of decomposed sandstone, micro-granite, and clay schist, the Chaume terroir provides ideal conditions for Chenin grapes to flourish. The microclimate is conducive to overripening.

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous, limited yields, average age of vines: 30 years

Grape harvest

100% manual, by successive sorting

Wine making

Traditional with slow fermentation at low temperature in barrels

Livestock farming

12 months in barrels

Alcohol content

12,5%

Residual sugars

135 g/l

Eye

Deep color, old gold with amber highlights

Nose

Develops intense and complex aromas of flowers, white fruits, candied aromas, and exotic fruits.

Mouth

Powerful and opulent, beautifully concentrated with a rich mouthfeel. Lovely notes of exotic fruits (mango, passion fruit) and toasted bread. A balance between liveliness and mellowness for a lovely length. With age, aromas of honey and candied orange develop.

Serve

At 8-10°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink before

2030 and beyond

Food and wine pairings

Enjoy with foie gras, river fish in cream sauce, fruit tart, vanilla ice cream...

More information on Château Bellerive

More information on Quarts de Chaume

Bettane & Desseauve

Winery rated 2 stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more consistent and uniform than the previous one)

About the estate:

A wine enthusiast, Alain Château is a passionate lover of terroirs. Since 2005, he has built up an impressive portfolio of vineyards in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley, where he owns three properties: Château de Varennes (7 hectares in Savennières), Château de la Guimonière (19 hectares in Coteaux-du-Layon Chaume, Anjou and Cabernet d'Anjou, including 16 hectares of Chenin) and Château Bellerive, located in the heart of the Quarts-de-Chaume appellation on the left bank of the Loire. The sweet wines combine power, elegance, and freshness and hold their own in their respective appellations. We did not taste the reds.

Decanter

Wine rated 98/100

About wine:

An elegant nose combining toasted dried fruit and ripe oranges. The palate offers exotic fruit, honeyed vanilla notes, and dried orchard fruit.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

5-star rated estate (Outstanding production)

About the estate:

Alain Château, an industrialist with a passion for wine, took over this historic vineyard in the Quarts-de-Chaume region in 2004. He enlisted the help of Denis Dubourdieu, a renowned Bordeaux oenologist who also owns a classified growth in Sauternes, as his advisor. With its dazzling golden color, this cuvée combines the sweetness of quince and honey with aromas of candied fruit. Soft, fresh and rich, it leaves a very pleasant, warm impression on the palate. Don't wait to discover it.

Customer rating

4.7/5

based on 7 reviews