Bellevue Mondotte - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2021

matthewjukes.com

16,5 / 20

byMatthew Jukesthe8/2/2022

There is a very good start to this wine because the fruit is buoyant and energetic, and then, in a moment, it unfortunately finds itself drowning in oak. I would love to taste this wine with only 40% new oak! There is so much potential here, but I assume that this would not fit the ‘house style’. Having said this, we might be able to see more of the vineyard and the quality of the fruit, and it might also drink sooner. This was the vintage to step it back and let the singular purity of the Merlot shine. When will another 2021 come again? No one knows. 16.5+?

Jamessuckling.com

95-96 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe6/8/2022

An intense, full-bodied red with lots of fruit and dark chocolate. Round and juicy tannins. Flavorful finish. Very rich. Salt and minerals. Pure merlot.

Jeb DUNNUCK

94-96 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/2/2022

The 2021 Bellevue Mondotte offers an almost Pomerol-like nose of damp earth and chocolate as well as beautiful notes of tobacco, chalky mineral, graphite, and assorted red and blue fruits. It's another medium to full-bodied, balanced wine from this team that has a great mid-palate as well as ripe tannins. 94-96+

The Vintage Journal

88-89 / 100

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2022

Medium-deep crimson. Very fresh elderberry blackberry/ herb garden, vanilla aromas. Abundant sweet blackberry fruits with cedar/ sandalwood/ malty notes. Firm tobacco-leaf finish. Overdone. 100% merlot. 90% new and 10% one-year-old oak. 13.95% alc

Alexandre Ma

92-94 / 100

byAlexandre Mathe5/16/2022

Bellevue-Mondotte 2021 wins people’s hearts with its irreplicable rich texture. Despite the Merlot being generally plain in this vintage, this wine still presents a grand body structure and outstanding concentration. Besides the later harvest, I think the old vines with deeper roots also played an important role. This is a muscular masterpiece. Fans of powerful wines should not miss it. Bellevue-Mondotte 2021????????????????2021??Merlot????????,????????????????????????????????????,??????????????????????????????,?????????????????

The Wine Cellar Insider

93-95 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/16/2022

Deeply colored, the wine already expresses flowers, minerals, dark red pit fruits, licorice and cocoa. On the palate, there is freshness, energy, ripe, dark berries, sweetness to fruits and salinity. There is a good concentration and depth of flavor. The fruits are juicy, ripe and sweet, with blackberries, citrus and cocoa with a touch of spice in the endnote. This is the second vintage produced from 100% old vine Merlot. 14.81% ABV. Drink from 2026-2050. 93-95

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

92 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/13/2022

Vinous

91-93 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/12/2022

The 2021 Bellevue Mondotte is 100% Merlot, picked on October 4 and matured in 90% new oak. It has an initially rather sultry bouquet that requires encouragement, eventually revealing macerated small black cherries mixed with light iris flower petals. The palate is very structured and typically broad-shouldered, quite firm in the mouth but more pliant toward the finish, and currently showing a little more grace than its neighbor, Pavie-Decesse. 13.95% alcohol

Vinous

93-95 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/11/2022

The 2021 Bellevue Mondotte is sensual, creamy and enveloping. There is a real sense of breath and textural volume here, a reflection of the clay in these soils. Dark red cherry, plum, mocha, spice, new leather and menthol lend resonance to this super-expressive Saint-Émilion from the Perse family. In 2021, Bellevue Mondotte is 100% Merlot, with no Cabernet Franc. Flowering was uneventful and yields were 26 hectoliters per hectare, all two hectares of it.

Anthocyanes

92-94 / 100

byYohan Castaingthe5/6/2022

Boisé soutenu, des notes d'iris, de fruits noirs très murs, d'épices avec une pointe fusain. Bouche dense, tannique, structurante et un boisé élégant pour un ensemble profond et très structurant comme les terroirs froids l'imposent. Concentration naturelle. Plutôt tendu et droit en finale même si les tanins marquent un peu.