CHATEAU BEL AIR 2009

Description
Wine Style:  Medium Bodied Red  

Chateau Bel Air in Blasimon is one of three wines made by the Moysson-Le Collen family named for the hamlets around the chateau: Teyssier, Bédat and Bel Air. The origin of this château goes back to the 11th and 12th centuries. In the Middle Ages monks planted their vines here. For a long time it was also the meeting place for hunting, used by the Counts of Rudel, Lords of Rauzan. These were times of the Crusades, Knights and Medieval troubadours - Jaufré Rudel, was famous for his songs on unrequited love. The fortress of the Lords of Rauzan lies between Saint Emilion and Sauveterre de Guyenne and centuries later it was this family who gave their name to the Margaux Second Growths Chateaux Rauzan Gassies and Rauzan Ségla. 

Bel Air has notes of blackberry, blueberry, oak with a hint of cherry and vanilla. It is a fruit forward, supple wine that is perfectly counterbalanced by a good tannic structure and an elegant finish. This wine will be great with beef wellington, casseroles, steak and kidney pudding, roast duck and even lightly spiced, rich oriental dishes.