Chateau Bellevue-Mondotte - Saint-Emilion 2010 (750ml)

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WS

93-96

WA

95

V

94+

Price: $450.00

In Mixed Case: $405.00

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Producer	Chateau Bellevue-Mondotte
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Saint-Emilion
Varietal	Bordeaux Red Blend
Vintage	2010
Sku	10001305
Size	750ml

The wine is not as powerful as one might expect, given the owners and winemaking team, coming in at 14.3%. A sensational, rather massive example for a 2010, this opaque purple wine offers up notes of subtle barbecue smoke, blackberry and cassis as well as a hints of lead pencil shavings and a confiture of red and black fruits in the mouth. Full-bodied, unctuously textured and excruciatingly tannic, this is a big, blockbuster style of wine meant for 10-50+ years of cellaring.

Saturated dark ruby. High-toned aromas of black raspberry, blueberry and smoky oak. Superripe, lush, chewy and deep, with a distinctly high-toned quality to the fine-grained flavors of wild dark berries, espresso, graphite and dark chocolate. For all its sweetness, there's no shortage of acidity here. The broad, sweet, building tannins give shape to the fruit of this massive wine, which remained impressively fresh in the recorked bottle.

-- Stephen Tanzer

This sports the ample, fleshy, powerful core of the vintage, with dark blue and black fruits, but has extra drive, with mouthwatering acidity and lots of minerality cutting through on the finish. Shows great mouthfeel and purity. Score range: 93-96
–JM
 

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