chateau belair monange 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Belair Monange

Château Belair Monange, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2022

Name: Château Belair Monange, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Belair Monange
Price: 895 GBP

100/100

Inside Bordeaux

97-99/100

The Wine Independent

97/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£895.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Belair Monange, which incorporates the vineyards of Belair and 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 different from the style of the Pomerol range. Produced from 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 displays the class of this great limestone terroir. Initially quite a closed, with aeration aromas of ripe plums, dark chocolate, Asian spice, bergamot, cut flowers and tobacco emerge. Serious and grand scale, the palate is brooding and mineral with lots of fine detail. It's all quite muscled at the moment, but there's enormous potential her as evidence by the evocative tannins and wonderfully saline finish.

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We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

100/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Underlines just how exciting this estate has become in recent years. So much flavour, juice and texture, layers of pleasure, campfire, gunsmoke, steel, raspberry, umami texture with contrast between the creamy ripe fruit coupled with pumice and crushed stones, juicy lift, a ton of pleasure finessed and powerful, exceptional quality and a signal that Bélair-Monanage has really come into its own, Harvest September 8 to 20, Moueix family.

drinking window 2029 - 2044

date of review 03/2025

97/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Bélair-Monange actually has a <em>soupçon</em> of Pomerol on the nose, perhaps from the deft touch of black truffle that combines beautifully with the hints of black fruit, blood orange and allspice. This is outstanding in terms of delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. It’s a tad more peppery than the Trotanoy, yet it shares the same sense of symmetry and length. Precise and detailed, this is a wonderful, life-affirming Belair-Monange that’s not a million miles away stylistically from Beauséjour. This is a Saint-Émilion that will age gracefully in bottle.

drinking window 2032 - 2070

date of review 02/2025

97-99/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Composed of 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Belair-Monange has a deep garnet-purple color. It needs considerable swirling to unlock scents of blackberry preserves, mulberries, and plum pudding, followed by suggestions of chocolate box, cinnamon toast, Indian spices, and candied violets with a hint of tilled soil. Full-bodied, rich, concentrated, and truly impactful, the palate is beautifully layered and so, so plush, finishing very long and opulent. Pure decadence.

drinking window 2030 - 2063

date of review 05/2023

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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.