Echappée Bel Rouge //​ Château de Bel

Intense garnet colour with notes of cherries and fresh raspberries. Fruity, round and very easy to drink. Echappée - meaning an 'escape', such as a romantic getaway, or in cycling a 'breakaway' - is Olivier's multi-vintage house blend, the red version a mixture of a few recent vintages of Merlot from the biodynamic vineyards of Château de Bel. Olivier makes his wines non-vintage partly to create a reliable house style (as in Champagne), partly to distance the wines from what can sometimes be an unhealthy obsession with this or that vintage in Bordeaux.

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Winemaker

Olivier Cazenave

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Farming

Certified biodynamic.

Region

Bordeaux

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Vineyard

The vines are planted on clay-silty soils close to the Dordogne river.

Grapes

Merlot

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Winemaking

Natural fermentation in stainless steel tanks to retain freshness and primary fruit flavours, like cherries and fresh raspberries.

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