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2016 Château Bellevue Mondotte, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (90%),Cabernet Sauvignon (5%),Cabernet Franc (5%)
Ready - at best
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
95-97/100
Jane Anson MW
93/100
Jancis Robinson MW
16/20
James Suckling
96-97/100
Product: 20168125149
2016 Château Bellevue Mondotte, St Emilion, Bordeaux
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Merlot (90%),Cabernet Sauvignon (5%),Cabernet Franc (5%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Bellevue Mondotte

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 95-97/100
A barrel sample, the 2016 Bellevue Mondotte has a very deep purple-black color and comes bursting out of the glass with well-defined notes of crushed black plums, blackberry pie and chocolate-covered cherries plus hints of Indian spices, potpourri, roasted meats and wood smoke. The palate is very big, rich, full and built like a brick house with a firm frame of grainy tannins and fantastic freshness, finishing very long and layered.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 30/11/2018
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Nov 2018)
Jane Anson MW 93/100
From the Angélus stable, this lovely property has a 0.5ha slice on the top of plateau, with the remaining 6ha on clay limestone top slopes. Late ripening soils mean that this can be austere when young, even though it is 100% Merlot. Plum fruits, wild berries and a touch of austerity through the mid-palate. Needs time in the glass, but it opens to reveal lovely elegant mineral notes that layer over the top of restrained power. Drinking Window 2027 - 2045 jane_anson_mw - Decanter.com - April 2017
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2017)
Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Deep crimson. Not much nose. Very sour and dry on the end. No real impact on the palate. Light. Drying end. jancis_robinson_mw - 13th April 2017
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2017)
James Suckling 96-97/100
There’s a vibrance and brilliance that gives this wine focus and energy. Medium body, ultra-fine tannins and a long and beautiful finish. Very fine. james_suckling - April 2017
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2017)

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Bellevue Mondotte

Chateau Bellevue Mondotte is a tiny, 2-hectare wine property on the limestone plateau of St Emilion, bought in 2001 by Gérard Perse, owner of the celebrated premier Grand Cru Classé Ch. Pavie. Merlot comprises over 90% of the blend with a dash of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The vineyard faces south at an altitude of 80 metres above sea-level, and the average age of the vines is 45 years. The wine falls very much into the garagiste camp, being aged in 100% new oak and produced from tiny yields of 15-20 hectolitres per hectare. Michel Rolland is the consultant oenologist. After 6 months ageing on its lees the wine remains in barrel for a further 18 months before being bottled unfiltered and unfined.
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