Why it matters
The producer
Château Dasvin-Bel-Air is crafted by the Tessandier family. It is a red wine from the Haut-Médoc appellation and is classified as Cru Bourgeois. Cru Bourgeois is a Bordeaux classification printed alongside the appellation, placing both names on the bottle together.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Haut-Médoc is the appellation named on the bottle and the geographic frame for the wine. An appellation controls the place name used on a label, so Haut-Médoc identifies this as a red Bordeaux wine from a defined area. The same appellation appears across several vintages, allowing the year to become the main point of variation.
Wines to know
The range in view
The range centers on one named wine, Château Dasvin-Bel-Air Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc. It appears across multiple vintage bottlings. The 2019 vintage was aged for 12 months in oak, where wood and oxygen can soften tannin and add spice during maturation.
The wine moves from a lighter, fresher register to darker fruit and savoury oak. One expression shows juicy cassis, green pepper, fine tannins and good freshness. Another opens with smoky and vanilla spice, blackcurrant, dark cherry and cedar, followed by cassis and dark plums. The darkest profile brings mushroom, savoury spices, oak smokiness, blackberry and prunes, with tannins marked by smoked meat, dark plum juice and dried herbal spices. The wine can also be beautifully smooth and well rounded.