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Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

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Chateau Belair-Monange

Chateau Belair-Monange Premier Grand Cru Classe B Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Bordeaux

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Clear grilled and charred oak, good grip, more so than many, with the limestone fingers exerting their magic, giving a sense of purpose that so many of the 2013s lack. One of the more successful ones, with red cherry and raspberry fruit, although again tertiary notes of blue cheese, salted cracker on the finish.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2013 Belair-Monange has a medium garnet color, with a touch of brick. It opens with pretty notions of dried roses and cherries, leading to hints of crushed rocks, tobacco leaf, and new leather. The medium-bodied palate has subtle fruit, with a chewy texture and some spicy notes on the finish.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Limestone grip, terroir definitely playing its part, succulent, and well balanced, has precision, fragrant peony and lilac, density through the palate with a wave of juice on the finish. Think cherry pit, tobacco leaf, pumice stone. Currently the blend has no press wine, they will decide whether to add it over ageing, 50% new oak, harvest September 23 to 28, 3.8ph. No plans to have a 2nd wine (Annonce de Belair) in the vintage. 

Makes you sit up and pay attention from the first moment, full of depth and power but delivered with a caress. The slate and pumice stone texture of a vineyard on the limestone plateau is in full effect, with a saline juiciness to the bilberry and black cherry fruit, shot through with white truffle and mandarin peel. Has zip and crunch, and a ton of pleasure. 50% new oak, 55% of overall production. First vintage made with the stunning new cellars designed by Herzog and de Meuron fully open and functional, although 2nd one vinified in them.

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. 

A blend of 99% Merlot with 1% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Belair-Monange is medium to deep garnet-purple in color. After a little swirling, evocative scents of violets, star anise, and cloves emerge from the glass, leading to a core of raspberry coulis, black cherry preserves, and juicy plums, plus a touch of fertile loam. The medium-bodied palate is plush and spicy, with delightfully pure red and black berry layers, and a refreshing lift to the finish.

A blend of 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Belair-Monange has a deep garnet-purple color. It begins on a single note of bright, juicy red berries and roses, before expanding out to a whole array of suggestions of black plums, raspberry preserves, and mince pie, plus wafts of lilacs, loam, and cinnamon toast. The palate is full-on, full-bodied, jam-packed with muscular black and red berry layers and so many floral and savory accents, supported by velvety tannins, finishing with epic length and so much energy that it shimmers.

The 2019 Belair-Monange is made from 96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a lot of coaxing to unleash aromas of baked black plums, blackberry compote, and dark chocolate, leading to suggestions of lavender, crushed rocks, and black truffles. The full-bodied palate is full-on hedonic, delivering a refreshing backbone and grainy tannins, finishing long and earthy.

Now standing up alongside the most sought-after names of St Emilion, Belair-Monange is on the limestone plateau, and has been the recipient of serious investment over recent years. Still extremely young, gorgeously ripped muscular frame, here the fruit is multi layered and multi faceted, so much power, autumnal blackberry and blueberry, soft mocha and coffee, clear limestone edge. Great stuff.

Where Pomerol can be love at first sight, St Emilion is little more intellectual, and you can see that here, with the extreme salinity of limestone on display, bright fruit, raspberry and loganberry fruits, beautiful slate-scraping tannins and a kick of mouthwatering acidity on the finish. This was the point at which the newly-formed (three years previously) Belair-Monange began to really take shape and show the excellence that was possible from these vines. 40% new oak.


Mørke juicy bjørnebær, plommer, tobakk, blåbær, hint av vanilje, hvit sjokolade. Modne rips og heavy mørk frukt. 

Kjølig frukt, markjordbær, blåbær, masse juicy fruktighet. Konsentrasjonen er høy. Ok syre som er godt integrert med resten av vinen sin helhet.🍇

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Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2012 Belair-Monange shows evolved notes of cigar box, sauteed herbs, and spice box giving way to a core of dried figs and plum pudding scents, plus a touch of graphite. The full-bodied palate offers appealing freshness with elegant fruit and a lively backbone, finishing long and perfumed.

Considering that this was two years before Belair tooks today's shape by bringing in the vineyards of Château Magdeleine (also Moueix owned), it is extremely impressive just how complete, balanced and just purely enjoyable this is. As with the 2009, it has a ton of personality and character, placing it fully on the limestone plateau with its pumice stone minerality, and its restrained, subtle but pleasure-driven fennel and anis-studded brambled fruits. 50% new oak for ageing.

Medium intensity baked plum aromatics, enticing and open, laced with campfire, cinnamon, incense, pumice stone, salted cracker, fennel, saffron, blackberry and sage. Great quality, giving the limestone kick, tightrope walking across the palate, a brilliant wine, juicy and individual, leaning in to its character, with a joyful welcome. 50% new oak for ageing.

A welcoming, gorgeously preserved 1964 with a ton of strawberry puree and soft plum fruit, shot through with smoked earth and white truffle, with peony fragrance and a cushion of air running underneath. We could be in mature Nebbiolo or Pinot Noir territory, so fine are the tannins, and it's a wonderful reminder of how mature Merlot on the limestone plateau of St Emilion can be so singularly charming. One of the best years of the 1960s, with a clear quality preference to Right Bank rather than Left, and this particular terroir was well placed to take advantage. Today known as Belair Monange, at the time owned by Dubois-Challon family, who had been in situ since 1916.

2024	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Eksepsjonell
2023	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2022	Ingen prisIkke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2021	kr 1 520,10Ikke tilgjengelig	Spektakulær
2020	kr 1 918,40Tilgjengelig	Spektakulær

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Produsent	Chateau Belair-Monange
Årgang	2013
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

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