Château

Château Bel Air Gloria

shah-TOH bell air gloh-RYAH
How to read this

Capitals mark the stressed syllable. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

The Haut-Médoc of the family behind Gloria and Saint-Pierre in Saint-Julien, at Cussac-Fort-Médoc, a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur and organic from the 2024 vintage.

Appellation
Haut-Médoc
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur

The château

Bel Air Gloria is the Haut-Médoc of Domaines Henri Martin, the house of Château Gloria and Château Saint-Pierre in Saint-Julien. The Martin family bought it in 1980, when it was still Château Bel Air, and renamed it Bel Air Gloria to spare its customers any confusion. The family today is Henri Martin’s daughter Françoise, her husband Jean-Louis Triaud, and their children Vanessa and Jean.

The vines are at Cussac-Fort-Médoc, planted 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. The estate is certified ISO 14001 since 2015 and Haute Valeur Environnementale (High Environmental Value, the French state’s environmental certification for farms) at level 3, and organic from the 2024 vintage. The grapes are picked by hand and fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine spends 12 months in French oak from the Allier and the Nièvre, 25% new; about 150,000 bottles are made a year. Bel Air Gloria was a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in the classification of 2020 and again in 2025.

At a glance

Appellation
Haut-Médoc Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
Commune
Cussac-Fort-Médoc
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, 2020 and 2025
Owners
Domaines Henri Martin, the Martin and Triaud family, since 1980
Farming
Organic from the 2024 vintage; Haute Valeur Environnementale, level 3; ISO 14001 since 2015
Cellar
Picked by hand; stainless steel; 12 months in French oak, 25% new
Production
About 150,000 bottles
The house
Château Gloria and Château Saint-Pierre, Saint-Julien
Former name
Château Bel Air

Sources

Institutions
Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020

Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Bel Air Gloria is a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, in the Haut-Médoc appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

Private

By invitation only.

In the news

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  1. Aug 10, 2026

    Mini-vertical: Domaines Henri Martin

    The Triaud family’s Domaines Henri Martin comprises 3 Bordeaux châteaux, Château Saint-Pierre, Château Gloria and Château Bel-Air Gloria, with vintages spanning 2018 to 2023.

    Source: terredevins.com The VintageEstates and People

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