Château Monbousquet - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2016 11166fe81142afc18593181d6269c740

Le Figaro - L'Avis du Vin

18 / 20

byClub Vinthe5/15/2017

Nez de petits fruits noirs, mûre, bois exotique. Bouche fraîche, tendue, sapide, tannins amples, enrobés, jus croquant, finale longue.

Wein Wisser

17,5 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe5/10/2017

Bettane & Desseauve

94 / 100

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/3/2017

Riche, ample, suave et velouté, il possède une grande vivacité d’expression.

Wine Advocate

90-92 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/2/2017

The 2016 Monbousquet is a blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon cropped at 38 hectoliters per hectare at 14.46% alcohol. It was picked between 6-11 October and matured in 70% new oak, the remainder one-year-old barrels. It offers an opulent but well defined bouquet of black cherries, violets and fresh fig, a little tight initially but soon unfolding in the glass. The palate is quite rich and generous on the opening with layers of blackberry and raspberry laced with graphite and a pinch of cracked black pepper. It tapers in a little towards the finish, completing a bold and assertive Monbousquet that is likely to require four or five years in bottle in order to soften those tannins. Interestingly, the sample tasted at Pavie was a little more flamboyant than the more classically styled one that I tasted elsewhere and preferred.

Vinous

88-90 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe4/26/2017

Black cherry, plum, bittersweet chocolate, espresso and spice infuse the 2016 Monbousquet. Many of the wines in the Perse stable are made in a less extracted style than in the past. Monbousquet appears to be the exception. This is an especially pushed, voluptuous style.

matthewjukes.com

16 / 20

byMatthew Jukesthe4/25/2017

(60 Merlot, 30 Cabernet Franc, 10 Cabernet Sauvignon) | 70% new oak | 14.5% alc. Very scented with oak and some green highlights, too, this is a massive wine with insanely dry tannins and some mouth-tearing acidity. I have never really understood this property’s wines and this is no exception. So hard and so blunt, there is little fruit in evidence which is a great shame. 16++?

Jancis Robinson

17 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe4/21/2017

Very dark purple. Rich, red fruits taken to the limit. Raspberry jam initially but rescued by freshness on the end. Great drama and a bit of alcohol on the end. Stylistically Perse rather than St-Émilion but well-done tarry end.

Wine Enthusiast

93-95 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/19/2017

Barrel Sample. The home of Pavie owner Gerard Perse is on the Saint-Emilion plain, classified as a Grand Cru Classé in a recent re-classification of Saint-Emilion estates. This wine is richly concentrated, powered by both fruit and tannins in equal quantities. It should age well over the long term.

Wine Spectator

93-96 / 100

byJames Molesworththe4/10/2017

This is packed with fig, boysenberry and raspberry fruit flavors that keep cascading over one another while enticing anise and plum cake notes fill in throughout. Gorgeous mouthfeel, with a creamy, rounded edge, yet never giving up a generally racy and focused feel.—J.M.