Château Bellevue-Mondotte - St.-Emilion 2005 (750ml)
Price: $399.00
| Producer | Château Bellevue-Mondotte |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 124390 |
| Size | 750ml |
The wine's color is a very deep and intense violet which is normal for this vintage. There is a well-developed and complex aromatic palette of chocolate cacao and black currant that is typical in wines touched by the sun joined by an attractive spiciness. Supporting all this is a balanced woody character which is elegant and striking. The wine is somewhat paradoxical: it has an aromatic style reminiscent of those from the south of France; but the palate is surprisingly different with still-developing tight tannins and the particularly dense and elegant body characteristic of a mature Bordeaux harvest. The long finish shows very good balance. This is a wine for long keeping which will develop fully only after five to 12 more years."
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
"Made up of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc the opaque bluish/purple 2005 from Bellevue-Mondotte offers amazing chocolate espresso notes along with blueberry and blackberry liqueur some incense and a hint of flowers. Full-bodied and staggeringly concentrated this blockbuster wine (in a blockbuster vintage) is unreal. Talk about a wine that is beyond belief ? this is a great achievement from Chantal and Gérard Perse. Drink it over the next 25-30 years. Sadly there were only 340 or so cases produced."
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
"The crushed blackberry and raspberry are wonderful in this wine. Full-bodied with superpolished tannins and loads of ripe fruit toasty oak and coffee on the palate. Goes on and on. An opulent young red."
