2022 | Château Belgrave | Haut-Médoc | France

Fifth-Growth Pauillac-quality from the Haut-Médoc's St-Julien border — and the best Belgrave in memory.

Château Belgrave is a Fifth Growth in the 1855 classification, farmed by the Dourthe team on deep gravel hillocks that sit right against the St-Julien line — which is exactly what its wines taste like. The 2022 is Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant with Merlot and Petit Verdot, and it has critics and collectors calling it the finest vintage the estate has ever produced.

Classed-growth Bordeaux from a benchmark vintage rarely lands at this number. Wine Enthusiast praised its harmony and a CellarTracker consensus lands around 93 points → St-Julien neighbors cost multiples of this → at $67.99 you're buying classified-growth pedigree with a St-Julien accent.

• Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant, with Merlot and Petit Verdot
• Fifth Growth (1855), Haut-Médoc — on the St-Julien border
• Deep gravel over clay; plot-by-plot optical-sorted harvest
• Farmed by the Dourthe team; drink from 2027

"Rich black coffee aromas… a fine balance of tannins, black fruits and acidity coming together in harmony." — Wine Enthusiast. Translation: espresso, cassis, chocolate and cedar with a fruit-packed, energetic palate built to drink from 2026 through 2045.

A great house doing its best work in a friendly, forward vintage, at a village-wine price. Exactly how you get Left-Bank classed-growth pedigree into the cellar without the St-Julien markup.