Château Belgrave 2016 Haut-Médoc

Château Belgrave is a Grand Cru Classé estate in the Haut-Médoc, with vineyards bordering Saint-Julien. The 2016 vintage comes from gravel and small-stone hillsides over clay, where Cabernet and Petit Verdot are planted, with more clay and less gravel at the foot of the slopes for Merlot. The estate has invested in modern production equipment and a new ageing cellar, and works to reduce yields per vine for greater concentration. Selective harvesting is guided by detailed parcel mapping of ripening patterns.