Bellevue Mondotte 2013 (750ML)

92 WA / 91 JS / 90-92.5 VM / 90 WS

The 2013 Bellevue-Mondotte is occasionally too brash on the nose... But not this vintage. It delivers on the promise that it showed in barrel and delivers licorice-tinged red and black fruit, iodine-like aromas that are both fresh and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with a candied, licorice-tinged opening, plenty of sappy red fruit, supple tannin and a clingy, blackberry and raspberry preserve finish that perhaps does not quite have the finesse of the 2013 Pavie-Decesse at the moment. Having said that, give this a couple more years in bottle and you should have an attractive Saint Emilion.-Neil Martin, Wine Advocate

Aromas of coffee bean, dark fruit and hints of mint. Full body, chewy and tannic. A little hollow in the mid-palate but should fill in with two or three years of bottle age.-James Suckling

A dark, powerful wine, the 2013 Bellevue-Mondotte fleshes out with dark plum, cassis, grilled herbs, smoke and tar.
This is one of the more powerful, virile wines of the year, but all the elements are in balance. The tannins will need
some bottle age to soften, but I don't imagine that will be much of an issue. The blend is 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet
Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2013, yields were just 9 hectoliters per hectare.-Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

Forward, with ebullient plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruit flavors that pump throughout nicely, lined with light bramble and licorice notes. The toasty finish has good energy and freshness.-James Molesworth, Wine Spectator