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2002 Château Belle-Vue (Haut-Médoc)
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Haut-Médoc
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Community Tasting Notes 37
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wprev Likes this wine: 90 points
April 18, 2019 - excellent taste after so many years
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gven wrote: 89 points
January 4, 2014 - Opened 2 hours before drinking. At the start closed but after another hour it started to open. Well integrated sweet blue fruit, vanilla, soft and silky, medium bodied, medium finish.
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jfarley3 wrote: 89 points
November 2, 2013 - Still holding up well. Seems almost more concentrated and murky. Still good fruit with strong earthy undertones.
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french16 Likes this wine:
December 5, 2012 - Tasted blind. The color is just insanely dark and the wine is totally opaque. I was just chocked when the vintage was revealed. Beside that, the wine was balanced and showed a good sense of place. It is surprisingly intense for a 2002 (and dark obviously) but with plenty of dark fruits, cigar box and cedar notes, it is enjoyable to drink. Maybe a tad too concentrated but certainly not bad. Has it been manipulated to show like this in such vintage? Probably....
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jfarley3 wrote: 89 points
May 20, 2012 - Drink now as the fruit and the earthiness are in perfect balance. Long finish with notes of dirt , blackberry, and a hint of plum.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2003, IWC Issue #108 (link)(Belle-Vue Haut Medoc) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Jeffrey Davies Talks About French Wines, Episode #374, 12/19/2007 (link) 90+ points(Chateau Belle-vue) #3; COLOR-dark; NOSE-funky; farm-esque (Hungarian Oak); TASTE-so many 2nd & 3rd tier flavors (Asian spice; pencil shavings for days, olives; funkiness; black & red fruits); this is thought provoking wine; JD says, "incredible class & complexity; a little leaner and has wonderful bright fruit complexity that some of the '03's aren't going to have"; WS-87; GV-90+
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2002
- Type Red
- Producer Château Belle-Vue (Haut-Médoc)
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Haut-Médoc
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 60 (24%)
- Consumed 192 (76%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Belle-Vue (Haut-Médoc)
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationHaut-Médoc
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- VarietalRed Bordeaux Blend
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- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationHaut-Médoc