chateau belair monange 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Belair Monange, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2015

Name: Château Belair Monange, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Belair Monange
Price: 689.92 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

95/100

Vinous

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2015
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Belair Monange, which incorporates the vineyards of Magdelaine occupies an enviable position on the limestone Cote to the west of Chateau Ausone. We always taste this wine at the end of the JP Moueix tasting as it is so floral, lifted and very different to the style of the Pomerol range. Produced from 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 has that tell-tale profile of a wine produced from a great limestone site. It is brimming with high toned morello cherries, griotte, intense minerals and roses. It is vital, intense, engaging and utterly mouth-watering. The fruit is sumptuous, bright and silky, interspersed with notes of redcurrant and saline. This is an uplifting, seductive and deceptively powerful Belair Monange - bravo.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2015 Bélair-Monange has an intriguing bouquet with red plum, mocha, leather and antique bureau aromas. This is not as immediate or as generous as its peers, yet it is imbued with a compelling complexity. The palate is very well balanced with fine mineralité that seems to have bubbled up to the surface in recent years, lending the finish impressive tension and subtle pepperiness that lingers tenderly in the mouth. Recommended. Tasted at the 2015 Ten-Year-On tasting at Bordeaux Index.

drinking window 2026 - 2045

date of review 06/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Chalky tannins, crushed rose petal aromatics, graphite, saffron, gunsmoke, raspberry and redcurrant, a ton of grip and character. Perhaps not quite the soaring precision you find in this estate today, but hard to argue with and plenty to love. Christian and Edouard Moueix owners.

drinking window 2025 - 2040

date of review 02/2025

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

St Emilion

Producer:

Château Belair Monange

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

abv:

13%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.