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2022 Château Bélair-Monange, 1er Grand Cru Classé St-Emilion
Tasted April 2023. 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. 23.5ha on limestone and blue clay. Soft dark fruit aromas of plum and damson, with a lifted floral note. On the palate there's some chalky freshness and salinity, as well as some creamier notes from oak maturation, with fresh plum and cherry fruit. Great concentration and freshness to the style of the fruit given the dry conditions of the vintage. This is one of the most impressive Belair-Monange vintages we've tasted.
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- Case of 6 x 75cl0in basket
- 75cl Bottle0in basket
Wine specification
- ProducerChâteau Belair-Monange
- ColourRed Wine
- SweetnessDry
- Region & CountryRight Bank, Bordeaux, France
- ABV14.5%
- MaturityReady to drink 2026 – 2050
- StyleStill Wine
- ClassificationGrand Cru Classé (St Emilion)
Product Description
Tasted April 2023. 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. 23.5ha on limestone and blue clay. Soft dark fruit aromas of plum and damson, with a lifted floral note. On the palate there's some chalky freshness and salinity, as well as some creamier notes from oak maturation, with fresh plum and cherry fruit. Great concentration and freshness to the style of the fruit given the dry conditions of the vintage. This is one of the most impressive Belair-Monange vintages we've tasted.
Critic Scores
98-100/100 – Jane Anson, janeanson.com
08/05/2023
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. Potential 100.
95-97/100 – Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com
01/05/2023
Another beautiful vintage for this cuvée, the 2022 Château Belair-Monange is 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc coming from a mix of terroirs on the upper plateau and hillside vineyard just outside of Saint-Emilion. This dense plum-hued effort offers up an incredible bouquet of black raspberries, chalky minerality, spring flowers, and graphite. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated, it has an incredibly sense of minerality, a great mid-palate, and enough structure to warrant a solid 7-8 years of bottle age.
94-95/100 – William Kelley, Wine Advocate , Issue #266
28/04/2023
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.
97-98/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
19/04/2023
Loads of mocha, red fruits and hazenut. Nuts too. Wild strawberries and violets. Full-bodied and juicy with dusty and fine tannins that spread across the palate. Lovely soft texture. Elegant and long at the end. Rich and juicy at the end. 98% merlot and 2% cabernet franc.
95-97/100 – Antonio Galloni, vinous.com
01/04/2023
The 2022 Bélair-Monange is all class. Silky and sensual, Bélair-Monange is utterly captivating from the first taste. Crushed red berry fruit, mint, cinnamon, rose petal and lavender add gorgeous aromatic lift to play off a core of bright red-toned fruit. All the elements are beautifully balanced throughout.