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Château Monbousquet, St Emilion Grand Cru
Château Monbousquet

Château Monbousquet, St Emilion Grand Cru, 2021

Available Vintages
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critic reviews

90/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

The 2021 Monbousquet has a deep garnet-purple color. It offers forthcoming scents of juicy black and red plums, boysenberries, and cracked black pepper, with underlying wafts of garrigue and crushed rocks. The medium-bodied palate delivers a compelling burst of red and black fruits, with plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with an earthy lift.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2035
date of review 04/2024
89/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Goes long on raspberry and loganberry fruits, touches of floral aromatics, this has a brightness to it, and attractive acidity and spice, more austere than in many vintages of Monbousquet, with less weight thorugh the mid palate, which is a plus for me in a wine I often find too heavy. 50% new oak. Last year for technical director Raphael Maurin (who was only here for two vintages), now Laurent Lussau in charge, harvest 29 September to October 6, small yield of 18.55hl/h.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2034
date of review 03/2024
88/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Monbousquet has a dense, oaky nose, quite backward with underlying floral scents—a touch of violet. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, still demonstrating the hardness and obduracy I picked up upon at en primeur. Touches of mocha show on the finish. This is a rather unyielding Saint-Émilion, and the question is whether there is sufficient fruit to support it when the tannins eventually soften.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042
date of review 02/2024

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Monbousquet
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
13%

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