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99 Robert Parker
From the tiny luxury jewel of the Neipperg family, the 2005 La Mondotte is composed of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc from a fabulous terroir. Super-rich and dense purple in color, it represents a concentrated essence in both its aromatic and flavor profile of blackcurrant, black cherry, earth and spice. Full-bodied, pure, and again, possessing sweet, sweet tannin and a tremendously deep, full, layered personality. This is another great example of La Mondotte, which should drink well for 30-40 years.
19 Rene Gabriel
Sattes Violett-Purpur. Intensives Bouquet, rote Früchte, Rosenpfeffer, floraler Touch, mit Red Currantnoten unterlegt, wirkt sehr kompakt. Im Gaumen fast dropsig von der Frucht her, Kirschenkompott, massive Tannine die den Körper muskulös umgarnen, im finale fast Zinfandel-Allüren annehmend. Vom Potential her, mit dem 1998er die verlangendsten Gerbstoffe aufweisend, die Frage ist, wie der Wein diesen momentanen Überhang in Zukunft verdauen wird. Beim Zeitpunkt der Probe hatte der Wein seine malolaktische Gärung noch nicht ganz abgeschlossen und war somit sehr schwer zu bewerten.
97 Wine Spectator
This has an incredible nose, with blackberry, black licorice and intense coffee and toasty oak character. Full-bodied, with layers of beautiful oak and ripe fruit. Long and voluptuous. Best after 2017. ?JS
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Château La Mondotte
This up-and-coming Right Bank producer, Château La Mondotte is one of the greatest garagiste to emerge in the last half of this decade. Similarly owned by the reputable Stéphan von Neipperg, along with his several other leading Bordeaux estates, La Mondotte is quite recent to the wine scene. Produced at von Neipperg’s Canon-la-Gaffelière, the 4.5-hectare vineyard debuted their first vintage in 1996. Since then, the brand has grown into one of the two finest vins de garage coming from Saint-Émilion, next to Le Dôme. The superbly well-drained, clay-silt terroir found on this unusually steep south-facing plot has produced remarkably deep and concentrated wines for two decades. Made in the classic Stephane Derenoncourt style, La Mondotte is aged on the lees in new oak for a year and a half, before being bottled unfiltered. The Merlot based blend, balanced by Cabernet Franc offers a desirable lush texture, flawlessly sewn with tannins.