Bellang Christian et fils Cote de Beaune
This family-run domaine, based in Meursault, has 11 hectares of vines spread out in the appelations of: Volnay, Beaune, Savigny les Beaune, and Chorey les Beaune. The domaine was founded by Christian Bellang in 1974 and has been run by his son Christophe since 1990.
This family-run domaine, based in Meursault, has 11 hectares of vines spread out in the appelations of: Volnay, Beaune, Savigny les Beaune, and Chorey les Beaune. The domaine was founded by Christian Bellang in 1974 and has been run by his son Christophe since 1990.
Oh it’s an exciting (and also frustrating and stressful) adventure filling up a container of 600 cases of artisanal small production wines from France. With my container close to full I set out tasting to see how I could fill up my next container as most of the wine I am bringing in I will never be able to get again – I bought all they had!
It was with this idea in mind that I tasted at this small family-run domain in the heart of Meursault, convenient for me as I was able to just walk to the tasting. I saw there were some reds from some lesser known appellations like Chorey Les Beaune and decided to start with the reds. The first red absolutely blew me away, I hadn’t been this excited about a producer since I met Francis Lechauve almost 6 months earlier. Here are my notes about his Chorey Les Beaune from that cold January day in his cellar “Very nice, finally a red that moves me, impresses me. This wine is very well-made it’s soft spoken, medium-body, but full of lush fruit, great finish surprisingly long for a Chorey incredible how well it’s drinking now and I am sure it will only get better.”
I had other tastings that day, further north in Pommard, but I could not stop thinking about Christophe Bellang and his impressive reds. That very night, full of excitement I called him to order 100 cases of Chorey Les Beaune and 100 cases of Savigny Les Beaune. He responded by telling me he had 5 cases of Savigny Les Beaune left and 20 cases of Chorey. I asked him when he will put the 2011s in bottle, as most people have already bottled the 2011s and he responded “when the wines are ready Monsieur Golden.”
