BEL AIR MARQUIS D'ALIGRE

Here is the Margaux from the legendary Jean Pierre Boyer, who has been working this small 13-hectare estate for over 50 years! Only one wine is produced each year, and even then, only when the quality of the harvest is satisfactory... otherwise he prefers to sell his harvest anonymously.

The wines are made in the traditional way, and the winemaking philosophy is unconventional: 3 years of aging in old cement tanks, no barrels since 1950! And the marketing is also completely out of sync (no question of talking about futures) – currently the only vintage available is the 2012...