The Wine a Leading French Wine Critic Calls the Purest Medoc Made - Do not Miss This - US Exclusive

It takes a certain approach to life to tend vines all year, harvest the grapes, make the wine, age it,
bottle it and then decide that you are going to wait almost two decades to make money on it.  Fortunately, I have found a winemaker today that has done this and for some reason, is selling the wine for a very reasonable price.

Today, I am offering the 1995 Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre Grand Cru Exceptionnel for as little as $59.99 on the 3-pack.  This is a truly unique and distinct wine and I get a few great old wines a year - so please do not miss out.  It is already exhibiting stunning tertiary aromatics of leather and truffle and has fresh, vivid raspberry fruit that belies its age. It even, being a 95, needs a healthy decant but this is just a stunning wine that is the great secret of the Medoc. This will age for 10-15 more years. That does not mean by any way shape or form that this wine needs to be held. It can be enjoyed now and over the next 10-15 years.
 
It ls labeled Grand Cru Exceptionnel in that it was not classified in 1855 (but in 1932, along with Poujeaux and others), yet still signifies we are in exalted terroir. Its 13 hectares, of which only 7 are planted, are located close to Chateau Margaux, which is a sweet spot for uncommon wines of true finesse and elegance, with all the crazy florals that Margaux is known for. An aristocratic wine if I have ever tasted one.

Aged only in concrete vats, this wine never sees wood at all. No wood in perhaps the woodiest region in France is nothing to sneeze at. It has a light to moderate color, but make no mistake, the light color is no indication of how intensely flavored this wine is. Truly unique and stunning stuff.

Bordeaux is a region steeped in tradition. Although the modern landscape that is Bordeaux today may appear different, there are still some holdouts making wine in a very traditional way, and in this to the beat of their own drummer. Let us examine the delicious and peculiar Medoc estate of Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre. They have absolutely stunning terroir located on the Virefougasae near Chateau Margaux which is very very susceptible to frost. They use the big four grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, which is in a healthy 10%+, depending on the year. Barely anyone does that these days. Another way they keep with tradition. The Boyer family, who has run the estate for the last 50 years always has a stock of wines ready to sell going back 50+ years. These are true vin de garde that need decades to come around. With no parlour tricks in the cellar, and very traditional work they might be making the purest expression of Medoc wine today. That it happens to be in Margaux, only adds to its allure as Margaux, for me, shows the most finesse of any wine in the Medoc, when expressed correctly. This is more like a Pomerol and/or a great Burgundy than a Margaux but has classic Margaux florals. Michel Bettane, one of the leading wine critics in France, seems to think so as he has said this is the purest Medoc in the Revue de Vin de France.

1995 Chateau Bel Air Marquis d'Aligre - $64.99 ($179.97 3-pack)