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'''Château Belgrave''' is a [[winery]] in the [[Haut-Médoc]] [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|appellation]] of the [[Bordeaux]] region of [[France]]. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen ''Cinquièmes Crus'' (Fifth Growths) in the [[Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855]]. <ref> Karen MacNeil, ''The Wine Bible'' Workman Publishing 2001 pg. 885 ISBN 1-56305-434-5 </ref>

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[[File:Château Belgrave - Cocks&Féret 1883.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Château Belgrave in ''Bordeaux and its wines'' by {{Ill|Charles Cocks (author)|fr|Charles Cocks}} and Michel-Édouard Féret published en 1883]]

'''Château Belgrave''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃato bɛlɡʁav}}) is a [[winery]] in the [[Haut-Médoc]] [[Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée|appellation]] of the [[Bordeaux wine|Bordeaux]] region of [[France]]. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen ''Cinquièmes Crus'' (Fifth Growths) in the [[Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855]].<ref> Karen MacNeil, ''The Wine Bible'' Workman Publishing 2001 pg. 885 {{ISBN|1-56305-434-5}} </ref> At the time of classification, the winery was called Château Coutenceau. The "Bellegrave" designation first appeared in 1845, when Bruno Devès, a negociant in Bordeaux, remodelled the estate, favoring wine growing on gravel terroirs. <ref name="Belgrave website">[http://www.dourthe.com/chateau-belgrave/en/chateau-belgrave_histoire.html Château Belgrave: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112053608/http://www.dourthe.com/chateau-belgrave/en/chateau-belgrave_histoire.html |date=2013-11-12 }}, accessed on September 11, 2013</ref>

Château Belgrave is located in the commune [[Saint-Laurent-Médoc]], immediately to the west of the border with [[Saint-Julien-Beychevelle]].<ref name="Belgrave fact sheet">[http://www.dourthe.com/belgrave/belgrave_notes_en.pdf Vins et Vignobles Dourthe: Château Belgrave fact sheet]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, accessed on June 22, 2008</ref> It is thus situated in a sub-regional appellation, but close to the border of a communal appellation, in similarity to its Fifth Growth Saint neighbours in Saint-Laurent, [[Château Camensac]] and [[Château La Tour Carnet]]. Its immediate neighbour over the commune border in Saint-Julien is [[Château Lagrange]].

==External links==

*http://www.dourthe.com Château website

The vineyard of 59<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dourthe.com/chateau/1-chateau-belgrave|title = Château Belgrave - Haut-Médoc|website=www.dourthe.com}}</ref> ha is planted with the grape varieties [[Cabernet Sauvignon]] (50%), [[Merlot]] (42%), [[Cabernet Franc]] (5%) and [[Petit Verdot]] (3%).

Château Belgrave produces a [[second wine]] called Diane de Belgrave, introduced with the 1987 vintage.<ref name="Belgrave fact sheet"/>

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