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 | 2022 Ch. Bélair Monange - Saint Emilion 1er GCC | € 145,00 (€ 175,45) |
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Sinds 2008 plaatst Edouard Moueix zijn Château Belair Monange op het hoogste echelon van Saint Emilion. Dit is sowieso een van de beste wijngaarden in Saint Emilion, gelegen op de top van de helling naast Ausone, vlakbij Canon en boven Angélus. De wijngaard is beplant met 90% Merlot en 10% Cabernet Franc. Van de 23,5 hectare zijn er momenteel slechts 16 in productie. Een tweede wijn "Annonce" wordt nu geproduceerd van de jongere wijnstokken. Op de diep robijnrode schittering volgt een neus van romig rood en zwart fruit. Het fruit komt tegelijk weelderig en strak over, onderbouwd met fijnkorrelige tannine. Structuur en textuur zijn weergaloos. Laat dit rusten. Bélair Monange is één van de meest beloftevolle Grands Vins van 2022, potentieel perfect (100) voor zowel Jane Anson en Georgina Hindle. 98% Merlot en 2% Cabernet Franc. De opbrengst in 2022 was 36 hl/ha met een oogst van 8 tot 20 september. IN DE PERS 98-100 Georgina Hindle – decanter.com (Mei 2023) Perfumed aromatics on the nose, ripe black fruits and purple flowers. Clean and intense, grippy straight away, the tannins give the impact and hold the attention, ripe fruit, but lean cool mineral tannins that provide both the freshness and sense of structure. Focussed with bite and depth, stylish and sure, I love the liquorice tang, not spiced at all but giving an extra level of minerality, terroir and freshness. Still quite shy to an extent, it's serious but so polished and pure. Refined and well built - a racehorse. Juicy but controlled, not too sharp, or severe, quiet, calm, persistent and well balanced. Gorgeous terroir markers and a chalky texture on the finish that is so moreish. Drink 2028-2050. 98-100 Jane Anson – janeanson.com (Mei 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. 94-95 William Kelley – The Wine Advocate Issue 266 - robertparker.com (April 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. 96-98 Neal Martin – vinous.com (Mei 2023) The 2022 Bél-Air Monange was picked from 8 to 20 September. It offers copious red fruit on the nose laced with graphite and sous-bois scents, gaining complexity in the glass. I love the detail and delineation of this wine. The palate is medium-bodied with finely-sculpted tannins that frame the layered mineral-rich fruit. Supremely focused with a surfeit of tension on the finish, there's an abiding sense of harmony and completeness to this Saint-Émilion that feels draped in limestone. A wine befitting their eye-catching new château building. Drink 2032-2070. 95-97 Antonio Galloni – vinous.com (Mei 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. Drink 2030-2052. 97-98 Lisa Perrotti-Brown – thewineindependent.com (Mei 2023) Composed of 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2022 Belair-Monange has a deep garnet-purple color. It needs considerable swirling to unlock scents of blackberry preserves, mulberries, and plum pudding, followed by suggestions of chocolate box, cinnamon toast, Indian spices, and candied violets with a hint of tilled soil. Full-bodied, rich, concentrated, and truly impactful, the palate is beautifully layered and so, so plush, finishing very long and opulent. Pure decadence. 17,5/20 James Lawther – jancisrobinson.com (Mei 2023) 98% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc. Cask sample. Slightly timid on the nose but deep, fresh and complex. Lovely texture, the tannins ripe and rounded. Plenty of energy and drive, the finish long and persistent with a chalky-terroir note. Looks to have the reserve for ageing. Drink 2030– 2048. 97-98 James Suckling – jamessuckling.com (April 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+ Jeb Dunnuck – jebdunnuck.com (Mei 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. 97-99 Ella Lister – lefigaro.fr (Mei 2023) - «Cette légère friction sur la langue si addictive» L'opulence fraîche d'un jardin anglais, expansif, grandiose. Les pétales de fleurs tremblent sous le poids d'une rosée matinale, avec un effet envoûtant. En bouche, une précision et une fraîcheur impeccables, de petits fruits parfaitement al dente, une texture de soie indienne, et cette légère friction sur la langue si addictive, tandis que la finale est longue, vivace, merveilleusement minérale. 97-99 Jeff Leve – thewinecellarinsider.com (Mei 2023) Dark in color, the wine pops with its notes of flowers, licorice, plums, espresso and chocolate-covered cherries in the perfume. But, it is on the palate which somehow remains perfectly balanced between all of the wines concentration, intensity, richness, and freshness. Nothing is out of place. On the palate, the wine is plush, soft, polished, fresh, vibrant, and long, finishing with crushed rocks, stones, chalk and bright, fresh, red fruits, with just a touch of spearmint on the backend. The wine blends 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Harvesting took place September 8 - September 20. Drink 2027-2055. 98 Jean Marc Quarin – Quarin.fr (mei 2023) 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||