Chateau Belair-Monange - St Emilion 2022 (750ml)
Price: $259.00
| Producer | Chateau Belair-Monange |
| Country | France |
| Region | St Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 750ml |
O: 100 Points
jane Anson
100 points Beautiful quality here, all about measured delivery of the character of the vintage, with a slab of limestone minerality that sits squarely in the mid palate, emphasising the juicy pomegranate, orange rind, blackberry and raspberry fruits that slowly inch around, Will take its time to fully reveal, this is a really slow build and a vintage that needs time from this kind of terroir, but it's got all it need to go the distance. 35hl/h yield. 26ha, harvest September 8 to 20, Edouard Moueix owner and director.
Falstaff
100 points Deep dark ruby in colour with a deep core, purple reflections, and subtle brightening on the rim. On the nose, an immensely complex bouquet of delicate truffle, leather, fine dark forest berries, some cherry, liquorice, and nuances of tobacco. The tight-knit, juicy palate has an impressive verticality, with fine fruit, ripe, perfectly mature supporting tannins, and enormous length. Has great potential for ageing, fully exploiting its great terroir this year, this is an outstanding wine with a saline finish that lasts for minutes.
James Suckling: 99 Points
This has an opulence that’s reined in by the crushed-stone and fine-tannin character. It's full-bodied with tight and polished tannins that have energy and precision. Very linear and structured. This comes from great limestone soils that give this wine a freshness and focus. Salty and chalky at the end. Drink after 2030.
Jeb Dunnuck: 99 Points
The 2022 Château Belair-Monange comes from a mix of both the upper plateau and the hillsides just outside of Saint-Emilion, with the blend being 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc. It has a truly sensational perfume of black raspberries, mulled cherries, crushed stone, and graphite that gains intensity and nuances as it sits in the glass. This gives way to a full-bodied Saint-Emilion with a deep, layered texture, velvety tannins, no hard edges, and a gorgeous finish. I'd easily put this up with the crème de la crème of the vintage, and to my mind, it’s even better than the Château’s 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. While it's beautiful even today, I have no doubt this will evolve gracefully for 30 years if well stored.
Vinous: 98 Points
The 2022 Bélair-Monange is even better in bottle than it was en primeur. Seamless in the glass, with stunning purity, the 2022 is magnificently complete from start to finish. Brisk acids and cool veins of supporting minerality cut through a core of ripe red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, blood orange and mocha. The 2022 is the most impressive Bélair-Monange under the Moueix family's stewardship. Superb.
Wine Advocate
Aromas of blackberries, cherry preserve, black tea and licorice introduce the 2022 Belair Monange, a full-bodied, deep and powerful wine with a layered, somewhat liqueured core of fruit, powdery tannins and a long, expansive and slightly heady finish. Perhaps because the vines are younger, this is the cuvée in the Mouiex portfolio that shows the ripeness of the vintage the most this year.
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