2024 Belair Monange

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

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.
94/100 Jane Anson

(Saint-Émilion; 98% Merlot; 2% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 35 hl/ha after a combination of optimetric and densimetric sorting; 13% alcohol; tasted in the architectural splendour of the Herzog & de Meuron winery with Edouard Moueix). Brilliant in its shimmering fruit purity. A very pure cassis fruit. Very lifted and aerial, the signature of its limestone terroir and sous-sol. A vertical seam of black currant encrusted in graphite with a little cedar and that beautiful wisteria and peony florality that is one of the signatures of the plateau in this vintage. With aeration, there is also an iris bulb note to the florality (the potential of the blooms to come), rose petals and rosewater. Walnut. So gracious, elegant and beautifully expressive of the vintage. There’s a touch of leafiness from the Cabernet Franc that teases delightfully. Tight, taut yet crystalline, pure and very precise – the pixilation achieved here by the work of the granular and beady chalky tannins and resembling the beautifully sculpted walls of the interior of the chai and tasting room. With air the palate fills out, revealing more depth and considerable layering (it’s as if one starts to see the profundity of the limestone that forms the essence of this wine) – and the cedar engages too. This has, for me, the most beautiful aromatic profile of the vintage as well as a gorgeously succulent and tender mouthfeel that sings so eloquently of its terroir. Definitively one of the wines of the vintage. It’ll be fascinating to see how this evolves – I sense that it might close down before it really blossoms. Highly accessible for now but a wine for the ages.
96-98/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. After a little shaking, the nose unfurls to reveal notes of black cherries and fresh raspberries, opening out to hints of lilacs, anise, and cedar chest. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound with black and red berry layers, supported by firm, fine-grained tannins and just enough freshness, finishing long and perfumed. A real head-turner.
94-96/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent