Chateau Belair Monange - St. Emilion 2019 (750ml)
Price: $173.00
| Producer | Chateau Belair Monange |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St. Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 1005838 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 99 Points
Wonderful aromas of fresh flowers blackberries and cherries. Licorice and lilacs too. Full-bodied yet so tight and refined translucent and weightless. Incredible purity and excellence. This is the heart and soul of the property in a glass. Really pinpointed at the end. Enchanting and thought-provoking. Needs time to open and soften. Try after 2028.
Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
The flagship 2019 Château Belair-Monange checks in as 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc from 25-year-old vines and raised in 50% new French oak. It's a magical wine in the vintage and offers more depth and richness than just about every other Saint-Emilion out there all while holding onto a gorgeous sense of finesse and elegance which would almost have me guessing Pomerol in a blind tasting. Deep red and black fruits truffly earth tobacco and spring flower notes all emerge on the nose and this puppy is full-bodied
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2019 Bélair-Monange shows wonderful delineation and focus on the nose which presents a cornucopia of red fruit crushed stone wilted rose petal and light black truffle aromas. It seems to gain complexity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit fine delineation and a velvety texture. This builds toward a lavish finish with dark chocolate and cocoa notes lingering on the aftertaste. It will need several years in bottle but should repay those with the wherewithal to cellar.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
Like Trotanoy though of course not to the same extent the 2019 Belair Monange is another of the richer more powerful wines in the Mouiex portfolio this year. Offering up aromas of sweet cherries wild berries vanilla pod plum preserve warm spices and cedary new oak it's full-bodied broad and muscular with a deep and layered core of ripe sun-kissed fruit that's framed by lively acids and ripe powdery tannins.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
This captures the richness of the vintage wonderfully with long caressing waves of cassis plum reduction and boysenberry compote flavors gliding through. Laced with subtle red tea floral and mineral hints through the lengthy finish this is really well done and augmented by a level of purity most don't have in this vintage. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2025 through 2040. 3200 cases made 550 cases imported.
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