Eerst rollen kersen en rood fruit over uw blozende, bolle wangen, dan valt het zachte volmondig verder op door een allerfijnste “touché de tannin”, om uiteindelijk een herinnering van alle voorgaande sensaties te laten ontdubbelen in een lange, intense en zelfs gestructureerde finale. Een wijn die tijd nodig heeft en die we tijd zullen geven. Verwacht grote dividenden in uw glas en geen roerende voorheffing maar ware ontroering. Bélair Monange is inmiddels een bluechip, een value play én een groeier. Schitterende Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé.
IN DE PERS
97 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Januari 2019)
The 2016 Bélair-Monange is easily the most closed of all of J-P Moueix’s wines when I taste them together. It is stubbornly tight in the glass and then coquettishly unfurls mineral-rich red berry fruit mixed with rose petals; the perfume is captivating. The palate is well balanced, with velvety tannin and perfectly judged acidity, and very, very harmonious. More and more black fruit seems to join the chorus line toward the finish, which fans out gloriously, demonstrating superlative persistence. The best Bélair-Monange to date, and an accomplished, riveting Saint-Émilion. Drink 2025-2055.
94-96 Neal Martin – The Wine Advocate Issue #230 - robertparker.com (April 2017)
The 2016 Belair-Monange, the home of Edouard Moueix and his family, is a blend of 92% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc. It has a tightly wound bouquet with red and black fruit, touches of cedar and smoke developing in the glass, reticent at first but unfolding nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin, a more structured and rigid Belair-Monange compared to recent vintages, adorned with fine salinity on the finish. It will require several years in bottle to show its best, but it will be worth waiting for. Drink: 2022-2056.
94 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Januari 2019)
The 2016 Bélair-Monange is exotically ripe and flashy. Bright red and purplish fruit is pushed forward in a primary, intense wine with plenty of immediacy. As good as the 2016 is, what I don't see are the layers of depth and structure that have made the finest recent vintages so compelling. Even so, the 2016 is a very pretty and compelling wine, it just falls a bit short relative to some of the other wines that have been made here. Drink 2024-2046.
92-95 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (April 2017)
The 2016 Bélair-Monange is silky, bright and polished, with plenty of floral notes wrapped around a core of expressive red-toned fruit. In 2016, the wine is quite delicate and restrained, with perhaps a bit less depth than in its very best recent vintages.
99 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Februari 2019)
95-96 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Maart 2017)
A very dense and pretty center palate of dried fruit, spices and dried tobacco. Medium to full body, chewy tannins and a savory finish. Linear and racy. Tight and reserved now but wait to see the structure develop fabulously.
97+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown - robertparker.com (December 2018)
A blend of 92% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Belair Monange comes strutting out of the glass like a total rock star with gregarious red cherries, blackberries and warm plums scents plus hints of lavender, rose hip tea, powdered cinnamon, cigar box and camphor. Medium-bodied, it completely fills the palate with vibrant red and black fruit layers, framed by a firm backbone of grainy tannins and wonderful freshness, finishing long and perfumed.
97 Jane Anson – decanter.com (November 2018)
96 Jane Anson – decanter.com (April 2017)
The epitome of St-Émilion plateau power and elegance, this is beginning to rival Canon. It has the deftly worked berry fruits, the creamy caress of cappuccino oak, the dancing minerality that gives focus, and a touch of austerity to the finish. An utterly lovely wine. 92% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc from 23.5ha consisting of Asteries limestone on the plateau and blue clay over limestone on the slopes. Drink: 2027-2050.
16,5/20 Jancis Robinson – jancisrobinson.com (April 2017)
Sweet, relaxed nose. A little edge of damp webbing. Mid weight only, and less compelling than the run of top Pomerols tasted just beforehand. No trace of any forcing in the cellar but it seems a little tentative. Nice that it's not flashy. Quite serious intention here.
95-98 James Molesworth - Wine Spectator – winespectator.com (April 2017)
This is about as pure a beam of unadulterated cassis and cherry sauce as you can get, beautifully silky in feel and carrying through a very long, refined finish. The chalky echo is there, but it's really tucked away for now. Lilting incense hint in the background too.
94 Tim Atkin – timatkin.com (April 2017)
Often the most backward wines in the Moueix range - it’s always shown last in the tasting in Libourne - this comes from the St Emilion limestone plateau and it shows on the palate. It’s a very dense, tightly wound wine with masses of oak and tannin supported by acidity. Tricky to judge at this young age. 2026-40.
96-98 Roger Voss – wineenthusiast.com (April 2017)
94-95 Bettane & Desseauve (April 2017)
17,5-18/20 Revue des Vins de France (April 2017)
97 Jean-Marc Quarin – quarin.com (April 2017)
16,5-17/20 Jacques Dupont – Le Point (April 2017)
18-19/20 Gault & Millau (April 2017)
Bélair MonangeBélair Monange is één van de allermooiste terroirs van Saint Emilion, hoog op de helling naast Ausone. Generaties terug was Bélair aanzien als de betere van de twee en dit kan weer het geval worden. De nieuwe eigenaar, Edouard Moueix, leverde grote inspanningen sinds de aankoop in de zomer van 2008: de gebouwen werden gerehabiliteerd en een heraanplanting van de wijngaard werd gestart. Om dit mogelijk te maken werden Magdelaine en Bélair samengevoegd in 2012. Bélair werd Bélair Monange in eerbetoon aan de overgrootmoeder van de eigenaar, Mme Adèle Monange (1887-1972). Voortaan prijkt de Engel van Albrecht Dürer in rode inkt op het etiket. MoueixAls zoon van Christian en kleinzoon van Jean-Pierre, distingeert Edouard Moueix zich door de heropwaardering van één van de mooiste historische wijngaarden van Saint Emilion: Château Bélair Monange. | 
