Château La Mondotte - St.-Emilion 2016 (750ml)
Price: $297.00
| Producer | Château La Mondotte |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 7835 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2016 La Mondotte is gorgeous in this vintage. Over the last few years Stephan von Neipperg has gradually started to pick earlier. Nowhere is that more evident in his wines than at La Mondotte which in 2016 impresses for its power tension and energy. Much less obvious than it has been in the past La Mondotte is arrestingly beautiful at this stage. Bright floral and mineral notes run through a core of dark red and purplish fruit in this stunningly beautiful expressive Saint-Émilion. In a word: tremendous. Tasted two times.
Wine Enthusiast: 96 Points
Made by the winemaking team of Canon la Gaffelière, this wine is stylishly elegant, restrained in its structure and tannins. Its intensely juicy character is already attractive, giving the wine almost a refreshing character. This balanced wine will be ready from 2025.
Cellar Selection
Wine Spectator: 96 Points
This shows a dark toasty style at first with notes of ganache and plum reduction but it unwinds steadily and slowly revealing pure cassis cherry and raspberry fruit flavors gilded liberally with violet and anise accents. The long finish is laced with a superfine chalky minerality that imparts mouthwatering cut even as the fruit gains steam. Best from 2023 through 2038. From France.—J.M.
Wine Advocate: 93-95 Points
"The 2016 La Mondotte is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc this year picked between 29 September and 15 October and matured in 70% new oak. The alcohol level is around 14.5%. It has a lucid purple hue in the glass. The bouquet is very perfumed very pure with luscious red cherries blueberry and a hint of sloes the new oak discrete and allowing the terroir to shine through perhaps more than the 2015 last year. The palate is silky smooth on the entry but underneath the bonnet there is considerable tannic backbone that certainly can be felt more towards the finish that exerts a light grip. In a strange way it reminds me a little of Château Canon! Give this 4-5 years once in bottle." -Neal Martin
