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La Mondotte 2015 75cl

1er Grand Cru Classé B | St. Emilion | Bordeaux | France
CHF 302.70
Critics scores
99 James Suckling
The aromas of blackberries, iodine, oyster shell, violets and lavender are so impressive. Full-bodied, dense and beautifully balanced and refined. Transparent. Real. True beauty. Nothing adding. Organically grown grapes. Drink in 2023.
98 Wine Spectator
Gorgeous, with dark blackberry and boysenberry fruit rippling along from start to finish, carried by mouthwatering anise notes. The long finish unfurls slowly, dripping with fruit while maintaining poise. Stunning.—J.M.
96 Robert Parker
The 2015 La Mondotte is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc picked on 18 September and 7 October respectively, then aged in 80% new oak after a 33-day vatting. It has a dense, opulent and very concentrated bouquet that is driven by the super-intense Merlot, though as I mention in my accompanying introduction, the alcohol is contained and not at all apparent. The palate is very well balanced with rounded, supple tannin. There is a lot of weight in the mouth here, very focused and intense with blackberry and raspberry fruit, fine mineralité and tension, leading to an almost pixelated finish. This is an impressive La Mondotte for sure, though the 2015 Canon la Gaffeliere might offer more intellect.
18 Rene Gabriel
85 % Merlot, 15 % Cabernet Franc. 34 hl/ha. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Dramatisch konzentriertes, schier nur schwarzbeeriges Fruchtbouquet aufzeigend, berauschend und ich habe ihn noch nie in einem so dunklen Beerenbereich angetroffen. Im Gaumen mächtig und doch nicht unnahbar, ausgeglichene Adstringenz, die Textur ist muskulös und verlangend. Ein sicherlich grosser Wein, aber auf jeden Fall kein Schmeichler und er wirft die Frage auf, ob er seine Tanninkonzentration in den nächsten 10 Jahren verdaut. Das Potential ist auf jeden Fall gewaltig. 18/20 2024 – 2037
18 Rene Gabriel
85 % Merlot, 15 % Cabernet Franc. 34 hl/ha. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Dramatisch konzentriertes, schier nur schwarzbeeriges Fruchtbouquet aufzeigend, berauschend und ich habe ihn noch nie in einem so dunklen Beerenbereich angetroffen. Im Gaumen mächtig und doch nicht unnahbar, ausgeglichene Adstringenz, die Textur ist muskulös und verlangend. Ein sicherlich grosser Wein, aber auf jeden Fall kein Schmeichler und er wirft die Frage auf, ob er seine Tanninkonzentration in den nächsten 10 Jahren verdaut. Das Potential ist auf jeden Fall gewaltig. 18/20 2024 – 2037
Producer
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.