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 | 2019 Ch. Bélair Monange - Saint Emilion 1er GCC | € 126,00 (€ 152,46) |
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23,5 hectare (nog niet allemaal in productie) calcaire à astéries op het plateau en blauwe klei op kalk op de hellingen. We bevinden ons naast Ausone, nabij Canon en boven Angélus. Er werd geoogst tussen 19 september en 3 oktober. Assemblage: 98% Merlot en 2% Cabernet Franc. We proefden met ontzettend veel plezier. Ook hier stralen rijpe kersjes in de neus. Mét brio. In de mond verheerlijkt Bélair Monange suavité in rijkelijke intensiteit. Een crescendo opbouw, niet zonder gelijkenis met de kleurrijke staart van de pauw, is essentieel voor een Grand Vin. Bélair Monange 2019 illustreert dit fenomeen perfect. Met zoveel Merlot is dit schaamteloos opulent en incommensurable of onmetelijk. Wat een schoonheid! De Engel van Dürer die prijkt op het etiket lijkt te waken over dit wonderbaarlijk terroir. Binnen enkele jaren komen de recentelijk aangeplante Cabernet Franc in productie. Ondertussen voleindigen architecten Herzog & de Meuron hun oeuvre. We zijn nu al benieuwd. De scores met een gemiddeld van 97/100 spreken voor zich. IN DE PERS 97 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Februari 2022) The 2019 Bélair-Monange shows wonderful delineation and focus on the nose, which presents a cornucopia of red fruit, crushed stone, wilted rose petal and light black truffle aromas. It seems to gain complexity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, fine delineation and a velvety texture. This builds toward a lavish finish, with dark chocolate and cocoa notes lingering on the aftertaste. It will need several years in bottle but should repay those with the wherewithal to cellar. Drink 2026-2050. 96-98 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Juni 2020) The 2019 Bélair-Monange, currently undergoing extensive renovation, was picked from 19 September to 3 October and matured in 50% new oak. It certainly leans upon red fruit on the nose with vivacious wild strawberry, cranberry and Morello scents, wonderful mineralité emerging with aeration. This really repays patience. Monitoring it over an hour it uncovers more black fruit - keeps you on your toes. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins and a sensual silky texture that belies the sheer depth of this Saint-Émilion. It fans out with abandon on the finish - just an outstanding wine that will offer drinkers many years of pleasure. Drink 2024 - 2055. 95-97 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Juni 2020) The 2019 Bélair-Monange is classy, polished and elegant. In recent years Bélair-Monange has come across as a bit pushed in terms of ripeness, but the 2019 impresses with its sublime balance. Silky, racy and inviting, Bélair-Monange has so much to offer. It is wine that makes its case with finesse more than power. Christian Moueix chuckles that thirty years ago he was criticized for picking too early, but today it is the exact opposite. 96-98 Lisa Perrotti-Brown – robertparker.com (Juni 2020) Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Belair Monange comes sashaying out of the glass with a graceful hair-toss of fragrant red roses, cinnamon stick, cardamom and cumin seed notes over a core of Morello cherries, dark chocolate, wild blueberries and blackberry pie plus a touch of pencil shavings. The medium to full-bodied palate is just scrumptious, offering layers of perfumed black fruits and bright floral sparks, framed by exquisitely ripe, satiny tannins and an invigorating line of freshness, finishing on a lingering aniseed note. 97 Jane Anson – decanter.com (Juni 2020) Austerity is high as the limestone shines through, with controlled black and blue berry fruits rippling through the palate. There are extremely delicate redcurrant and violet floral edges that come through and cling on, just opening up after a good five minutes in the glass. A little less generous than the 2018, as is often the case in the 2019 vintage, but one with concentration and precision, and that will give pleasure for decades. Takes time to open and will take time to fully express its potential in the bottle. 50% new oak. Drink 2027-2044. 17,5/20 James Lawther MW – jancisrobinson.com (Juni 2020) 98% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc. Barrel sample. Reticent but lifted nose. Very much a dark-fruit aspect. Delicately fine tannins. Refined in temperament and style. Long and linear. Poised and refreshing. Clean, palate-cleansing finish. Drink 2027 – 2040. 96-97 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (Juni 2020) Tight and minerally with tar, currant, and wet-earth aromas and flavors. Medium-to full-bodied. Some salt and white pepper to the black fruit. Black olives, too. 96-98 Jeff Leve – winecellarinsider.com (Juni 2020) Floral in nature, you also find smoke, incense, red fruits, spice box, rocks, stones and oceanic notes in the perfume. The wine is rich, concentrated, fresh, vibrant and silky. The fruits glide across your palate leaving a trail of sweet cherries, salt and plums that hang with you. 97 Terre de Vins – terredesvins.com (Juni 2020) 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||