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2024
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Dried flowers, lilacs, cherries, red plums, strawberry, and licorice show with ease in the nose. Fresh, vibrant, silky, and refined, the fruits are sweet, long, and seductive, offering a nice sense of purity on the medium-bodied palate, and in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% old, vine Merlot, 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2027-2042. 92-94 Pts 983 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2025 |
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2023
Château Bellevue (Saint-Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries, crushed rocks, flowers, espresso, and licorice fill the aromatic profile. The wine is lifted, vibrant, and elegant. The finish is long, bright, and loaded with ripe fruits, accompanied by a salty edge in the vibrant finish. The wine is produced from 100% old, vine Merlot. Drink from 2029-2045. 82 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine pops with aromas of roses, violets, cherries, plum, and cocoa. Balanced between its racy, and elegant side, the wine is long, vibrant, clean, and pure, with silky, velvet-tannins, and a refined character in the finish that sticks with you. While the wine feels light on its feet, the finish really holds on, leaving you with vivid, sweet, red cherries that linger. The key to the wine here is the length of the harvest as they spent 3 weeks picking 3 hectares of vines! Produced from 100% old, vine Merlot, 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2045. 93-95 Pts. 1,370 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2023
Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, chocolate-covered cherries, plums, smoke, and licorice make an appearance in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is soft, supple, vibrant, sweet, and fruity, with loads of cherries and plums that linger. Drink from 2027-2035. 79 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2026 |
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2023
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, and already open, with just a swirl and sip, it is easy to find the sweet, dark cherries with their espresso and cocoa edge in the nose, and on the palate. Drink from 2026-2037. 87-89 Pts. 1,043 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Violets, cherries, wet earth, and smoke fill the perfume's essence. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, and seductive, finishing with silky tannins, sweet, ripe, red fruits, and a salty, chocolate note that comes in at the end of the finish. Drink from 2026-2045. 727 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Silky, vibrant, elegant, fresh, supple, and refined, the wine is layered with ripe, sweet, vibrant, red and black pit fruits. The concentrated finish, with its velvety-textures and layers of fruits hits all the right notes. Drink from 2026-2045. 94-96 Pts. 2,390 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Espresso-edged, chocolate-covered cherries, plums and licorice show with ease. Soft, supple, and creamy, the fruits, are ripe, polished, lively, and lingering. Ready to go on release, I like the freshness, along with the touch of cocoa that shows up at the end of the finish. Drink from 2025-2038. 492 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
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2022
Château Bellevue-Cardon (Pauillac)
Earthy, leafy, cedary, and floral, you also find red currants in the nose. The palate is medium-bodied, refreshing, and loaded with chewy, firm, chalky tannins, and bright red fruits with a minty, herbal accent in the finish. This small, new, Pauillac estate is going to be hard to find as the production is close to 350 case per year. Drink from 2026-2040. 516 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
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2022
Château La Croix Bellevue (Lalande de Pomerol)
Flowers, licorice, and red berries combine in the nose. The palate is fresh, juicy, and vibrant with a nice kick of cherries, and a touch refreshing mint in the finish that stands out. The wine blends 50% Merlot with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2034. 598 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Licorice, black cherries, and plums blend together in this medium-bodied, soft, supple, early-drinking, elegant charmer, with touches of chocolate in the endnote. The wine blends 50% Merlot with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2030. 88-90 Pts. 1,741 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Bellevue Malartic (Bordeaux)
Soft, and fruity, the wine is all about its accessible core of easy-to-like, red cherries, and plums. Not overly complicated, but nice, and tasty in your glass. Every time I taste this wine I always think it is going to be a Pessac Leognan from the name. Drink from 2025-2034. 544 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
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2022
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
Forward, medium bodied, fresh, red berry oriented wine with notes of underbrush, cocoa and accents of espresso in the early-drinking wine. Drink from 2025-2037. 88-90 Pts. 1,404 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
One of the darker colored wines of the vintage opens with espresso, chocolate, flowers, black cherries, blueberries, plums. The palate is even better due to all of its layers of chocolate-coated cherries, licorice, espresso, and crushed rock characteristics. The finish, with its strong, salty edge lingers. Produced from 100% old, vine Merlot, this is final vintage for Bellevue-Mondotte as the vines were integrated into Chateau Pavie the following year. Drink from 2026-2052. 771 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Deeply colored, the wine already expresses flowers, minerals, dark red pit fruits, licorice and cocoa. On the palate, there is freshness, energy, ripe, dark berries, sweetness to fruits and salinity. There is a good concentration and depth of flavor. The fruits are juicy, ripe and sweet, with blackberries, citrus and cocoa with a touch of spice in the endnote. This is the second vintage produced from 100% old vine Merlot. 14.81% ABV. Drink from 2026-2050. 93-95 1,825 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2021
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate-topped cherries, flowers and spice fill the perfume. The wine is medium-bodied, soft, forward, fresh and supple, finishing with salty-edged, polished, red fruits on the backend. The wine is made from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2024-2037. 633 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
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2021
Château Bellevue-Cardon (Pauillac)
Flowers, tobacco leaf, espresso, red currants, orange rind and cherries open the perfume. The medium-bodied palate is zesty, bright, and chewy with a citrus, mocha and chalky, red berry finish. This is my first time with this small, new, Pauillac estate. It is going to be hard to find as the production is close to 350 case per year. Drink from 2026-2040. 410 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
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2021
Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, cherries, and a dab of cocoa pops in the nose. The wine is medium-bodied, forward, round and creamy with a cherry, licorice and espresso oriented finish Drink from 2024-2031. 397 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024 |
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2021
Château La Croix Bellevue (Lalande de Pomerol)
Dark coco, espresso, black cherries and peppery spearmint make an impression in the nose. The medium-bodied palate is bright, fresh and almost, but not quite light, with its soft, red cherry finish. The wine blends 50% Merlot with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2024-2030. 583 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Bright, fresh, soft red fruits and plums with a floral accent are already on display here in this ready-to-drink, forward, medium-bodied charmer. The wine blends 50% Merlot with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2023-2029. 87-89 1,336 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Produced from 100% old vine Merlot, the black, and purple color alone tells you this is going to offer a deep, tasting experience. The wine is intense, full-bodied, deep, long, and opulent, providing seamless layers of chocolate-covered blackberries, black cherries, plums, and espresso. Yet, with all this depth of flavor, everything is balanced, harmonious, long, and hedonistic. The finish offers to lift, purity, and velvet-textured tannins that coat your palate stains your teeth, and doesn't relinquish their hold on you for more than 50 seconds, leaving you with waves of rich plums, and black cherries with tones of crushed rocks, and stones in the endnote. However, it is not easy to find as only 350 cases, give or take were produced. Drink from 2027-2055. 1,840 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Almost opaque in color, the wine is equally dark on the palate with its blackberry, black plum and chocolate profile. Full-bodied, rich, opulent and dense, the wine coats your palate, stains your teeth and doesn't relinquish its hold on you for at least 60 seconds, leaving you with waves of opulent, velvet-drenched plums and black cherries. Hedonistic and intense, with a salty, mineralistic, chocolate-tinged, plummy finish, this is a unique style of wine that needs to be tasted. And it needs to be aged for at least 12-15 years due to its intensity. However, it is not easy to find as only 350 cases, give or take were produced. This is the first vintage made from 100% old vine Merlot. 14.81% ABV. 97-99 Pts 3,069 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2020
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Supple, sensuous and fresh, there is a vibrancy and purity to the fruits that makes you want to pay attention. Full-bodied, rich and generous, the wine feels as good as it tastes as it feels. The fruits linger and expand on your palate through to the finish. This is in contention for the best vintage of Chateau Bellevue I have ever tasted. It is so good now, it is impossible to resist. But, it is only going to get better with age. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. Drink from 2025-2050. 2,275 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Flowers, black plums, cherries, licorice, wet earth and cigar box aromas create the beautiful nose. On the palate the wine is medium/full-bodied, soft, silky, fresh, sweet and polished. There is a gorgeous sense of purity to the fruit, opulence on the palate and in the finish that really works here. The wine is produced from 100% old vine Merlot. 94-96 Pts 2,506 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2020
Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Fresh, vibrant, supple-textured charmer with a core of sweet ripe, juicy cherries, espresso and cocoa, with a hint of crushed stone on the nose and palate. With all of its ripe, sweet, fresh berries, this is going to be just great on release. Drink from 2023-2035. 792 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Espresso, smoke, licorice and black cherries are on the nose, mid-palate and finish of this forward, round, lush, open, silky textured, medium-bodied wine. With all its ripe, sweet, fresh berries, this is going to be just great on release. 88-90 Pts 1,251 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2020
Château Laplagnotte-Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With a floral edge to the red, dark red and black fruits along with a shot of espresso in the perfume, the wine is medium-bodied, round, polished, supple and fruity on the palate and in the dusty, espresso tinted finish. If the oak better integrates, and I think it will, this will be a better wine with a year or two of aging. Drink from 2023-2033. 1,380 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2020
Château La Croix Bellevue (Lalande de Pomerol)
Still a bit oaky on the nose, on the medium-bodied palate, the wine is sweet, round, fresh and loaded with ripe, cherries, plums, black raspberries and a touch of strawberry. Drink from 2023-2030. 742 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023 |
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2019
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Opaque in color, initially you notice flowers, licorice, black plums, cherries, blueberries, chocolate, and espresso, though they take a bit of coaxing to come out. The wine is full-bodied, rich, deep and intense. The finish coats your palate with layers of dark fruits along with crushed stones and a background note of cocoa that lingers with a dash of salt at the end. Drink from 2030-2050. 1,820 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Dark, with purple accents, but not quite opaque, the wine is full-bodied, rich, deep and intense. There is power, length and purity, yet nothing is too much, everything is working in balance here. The fruit is dark, the tannins and polished finish really stick for close to 50 seconds. 95-97 Pts 4,242 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2019
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Soft, polished and fresh, the wine is medium-bodied and already displaying its core of flowers, espresso, crushed rock and plummy character. Medium/full-bodied, with chalky tannins and a chocolate coated, plum, mint, espresso and licorice finish, give this 100% old vine Merlot gem a few years in the cellar before pulling a cork. Drink from 2025-2045. 3,192 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Showing a nice deep color, the wine exudes a dark berry, truffle, chocolate and plum filled character. Round, lush, polished and concentrated, the finish offers length and complexity. 93-95 Pts 5,191 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Intensely mineral driven, here you find crushed rock, stone and oceanic influences on the nose and palate. Full-bodied, dense and intense with a wealth of ripe, dark red and black pit fruits, give this full-bodied, intense, concentrated, rich, tannic, youthful wine at least a decade in the cellar before pulling a cork. The wine is made with 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 4,392 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021On the floral and licorice side, the wine is ostentatious, fleshy, full-bodied, opulent and powerful. With fabulous viscosity, density, length and power, the fruit, rocks and crushed stones get you hooked as it coats your palate. This is not a shy wine. It is big, powerful and comes with a massive wall of fruit, stones and tannin. The finish keeps on going with its powerful, flamboyant character. This is not a wine to enjoy young. So be prepared to cellar it for close to a decade before popping a bottle. The wine is made with 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 96-98 Pts 3,756 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2018
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate covered cherries galore here. Soft, silky, sexy, opulent and loaded with layers of dark cocoa covered black and red fruits, licorice and smoke. This feels just as good as it tastes. This gem will deliver fabulous drinking for at least 2 decades or more. 2,076 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Dark in color, this wine is packed with cashmere textured, black, red, and blue fruits, licorice, cocoa and truffle. Opulent in nature with layers of velvet drenched berries, smoke, spice and chocolate, this is going to need at least 6-8 years or longer to begin expressing itself. Undoubtedly, this is the finest vintage ever produced here. The wine is made from 100% Merlot. 95-97 Pts 3,297 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2018
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
Medium-bodied, fresh, forward, soft, round, fruity and earthy with a myriad of sweet, lifted red fruits in the easy to like finish. 2,038 Views Tasted Aug 20, 2021 |
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2017
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoky black and blue fruit, licorice and spice box allure create the aromatic profile. Deep in color with a supple texture and ripe, sweet, opulent plums, this wine finishes with a spicy, mineral character sustaining the plethora of ready fruit. Produced from a blend of 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine reached 14.5% ABV with a pH of 3.47. Yields were quite low at only 16 hectoliters per hectare this vintage. 2,625 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2017
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Satiny, sumptuous, ripe, medium/full bodied with heaps of sweet, dark plums, chocolate, licorice and wet earth, there is a softness to the tannins that engages perfectly with the delectable fruits. This wine is made from 100% Merlot. 2,917 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Opaque in color, the wine is powerful, mineral-driven and intense. There is a real depth of flavor with waves of ripe fruit, crushed rocks, oyster shell, smoke, espresso, licorice and chocolate. Patience is going to be a virtue here as the wine insists on at least 10-15 years before it will be ready to strut its stuff. 3,644 Views Tasted Sep 26, 2019A deep shade, smoky and mineral driven with dark, ripe plums that remain on your palate for at least 60 seconds. This is focused, elongated and the fruit is pristine. The sensation of salt and rocks really pulls through here. This is a wine to cellar for a decade or so; it will be well worth the wait. 4,192 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2016
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Silky, lush, round and concentrated with dark cherries, licorice, espresso, plums and wet earth, The wine is opulently textured, fresh and long, leaving you with a serious depth of flavor, silky tannins and layers of plummy fruits covered with dark chocolate. 4,075 Views Tasted Sep 26, 2019Deep in color, this blend of 100% Merlot is all about the rich, silky textures, polished tannins, freshness, and the ripe, plush, plummy, mineral-driven finish with that touch of dark chocolate, spice and earth in the endnote. This could be the best ever wine from Bellevue. 6,315 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2016
Château Claud-Bellevue (Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux)
Smoky black cherries and licorice and brought to life in this sweet, forward, round, fruity wine. 765 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019 |
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2015
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
There is a purity of fruit here, that you cannot help but be wowed by. The wine is powerful, big, concentrated and takes over your palate. Yet, it is in perfect balance, which is hard to figure out how they managed to do that. The wine sticks with you for close to 50 seconds. . 4,438 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Inky in tint with oyster shell, florals and black and blue fruit perfume, this wine is a bit like Beyonce -- incredibly rich, lush, sensuous and polished with a blast of ripe, dense fruits in the finish. 4,113 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2015
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The essence of a mineral-driven wine, with salty tannins, fresh, dark, plums, juicy, black cherry, anise and chocolate, this wine is silky, crisp and fresh. The wine was made from 100% Merlot. 6,464 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherry and stone on the nose, this wine is a continuous wave of concentrated, fresh cherries being crushed atop of a block of ancient limestone. This will need time. Produced from a blend of 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine reached 13.8% ABV with a pH of 3.52. Yields were only 20 hectoliters per hectare. 93-95 Pts 3,475 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2014
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With a touch of fresh-brewed espresso, earth and plums, this wine is forward, soft and open. Made from 100% Merlot, there is a nice touch of ripe red and black cherries in the finish. 89-91 Pts 3,699 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
One of the deepest colored wines of the vintage, with notes of licorice, espresso, black cherry and toast, the wine has a polished texture in its tannic black and blue fruit finish. Produced from miniscule yields of only 9 hectoliters per hectare, this is a very strong wine for the vintage. The wine is aging in 100% new French new oak. The wine reached 13.3% ABV with a pH of 3.37. 93-94Pts 3,060 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
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2013
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Using 100% Merlot, there is an earthy smoke, licorice and black cherry quality to this forward-styled, medium-bodied, open wine. 89-91 Pts 3,285 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
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2012
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With a deep shade of ruby, the wine is packed with fennel, crushed stone, flowers, espresso and ripe dark and red berries. Concentrated, rich and supple, the wine ends with ripe, juicy, sweet and polished plums and oak. 93-95 Pts 4,643 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2012
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Peppery, spicy, herbs and cherries open to a soft, forward, medium bodied, easy to drink, fresh, Merlot dominated, soft, chocolate, plummy wine. 2,408 Views Tasted May 15, 2015With its typical blend of 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, the wine pops with licorice, blackberry jam, truffle and stone aromatics. Ripe, sweet, lush and polished with good depth of flavor and a sweet, jammy blackberry personality, due to its high Merlot content, the wine is quite successful this year. 92-94 Pts 2,374 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, truffle, fennel, cocoa and dark cherry aromas lead to a plush, silky, soft wine with a lot of intensity and minerality for the vintage. Give this a few years to develop and it should be even better. 4,214 Views Tasted May 20, 2014Deep in color with flowers, stone, blackberry liqueur, coffee, caramel, plum, chocolate mint and smoke, the wine is fleshy, big, dense and concentrated with layers of ripe dark berries. There is a lot of tannin, minerality and oak in the finish. This wine will require time to develop and come together. 92-94 Pts 5,359 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
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2011
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Chocolate covered black raspberries, smoke, licorice and espresso notes open to a medium bodied, fresh, black cherry, plum and mineral driven wine. 4,083 Views Tasted May 20, 2014With an assemblage the same as the cepage at 98% Merlot and a bit of Cabernet Franc, this wine is inky in color. With licorice, smoke, coffee, graphite, boysenberry, truffle and earth, the wine is plush, sexy and concentrated with sweet, ripe, dark, polished boysenberry. 92-94 Pts 2,577 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2012 |
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2010
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Coffee, licorice, smoke, oak, wet earth and blackberry liqueur scents flood your glass. Deep in color, the wine is powerful, rich and clearly expresses its limestone terroirs. There is a polish to the tannins, and an elegance to the powerful, ripe black fruits. But make no mistake, this is a wine to lay down. It is not going to be fun to taste for at least a decade or more. 6,567 Views Tasted May 7, 2013Deep in color, licorice, stone, smoke, coffee and jammy dark berries pop from the glass. This thick, rich, intense, fresh, mouth filling St. Emilion ends with a long, pure, minerality based opulent, spice and plum liqueur finish. 95-96 Pts 7,238 Views Tasted Jul 30, 2011 |
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2010
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Juicy ripe plums, coffee bean, licorice and earthy notes pair perfectly with the round textures, sensation of minerality and the plush, black cherry and cocoa filled finish. 4,463 Views Tasted May 7, 20132010 Bellevue 98% Merlot with the remaining smidgeon Cabernet Franc, this wine comes from the recently acquired property located across the street from Chateau Angelus. Hubert de Bouard thinks the terroir is as good, or better than much of the Angelus terroir. This opaque colored wine shows a perfume of licorice, minerality and spice. Rich, opulent textures concentrated with ripe spicy fruit, the wine ends with boysenberry, chocolate, mineral and fennel. 92-94 Pts 3,144 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
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2010
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
Bellevue de Tayac Located in the commune of Soussan in Margaux, Jean Luc Thunevin has been in charge of this estate since 2004. A nose of truffle, tobacco and cassis leads into a medium bodied wine filled with jam, soft tannins, chocolate and cassis that should drink well early. 88-90 5,692 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2011 |
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2009
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Inky in color, the wine is packed and stacked with layers of dark fruits, crushed stone, licorice, coffee bean and opulent textures. Full bodied, concentrated, long, powerful and intense, the wine is not close to maturity. You should hang on to this hard to find wine for at least 7-8 years. But it is going to be worth the wait. 4,553 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019Opaque in color, with aromas of crushed rocks, blueberry, espresso and jammy black fruit; this fat, dense, intensely concentrated multi-layered, low acid St. Emilion wine was made to order for hedonists. 8,650 Views Tasted Jul 30, 20112009 Bellevue Mondotte is inky black. Blackberry, blueberry, spice rack, jam, smoke, and stone quarry aromas waft from the glass. Thick and dense, and filled with rich, round, concentrated layers of lush fruit, this intense wine has the texture of crushed velvet and silk, and a powerful, jammy berry finish. 96-98 Pts 7,559 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2010 |
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2009
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Round, lush, opulent and silky, the wine is richly textured, sensual and loaded with dark chocolate covered black cherries and licorice, with spring flowers, truffle a hit of espresso. You can drink this now or age it for more secondary notes. 2,404 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019Coffee bean, licorice, blackberry, smoke, stone and chocolate scents create the perfume. Lush, round and soft in texture, the wine ends with a blast of licorice, cocoa and black cherries. 6,221 Views Tasted Dec 11, 2012Licorice, truffle, smoke, earth and blackberry jam scents open to a rich, soft, low acid St. Emilion with freshness, stone and deep, ripe berries. 3,084 Views Tasted May 1, 2012With jam, coffee, stone and ripe black and blue fruit scents, this soft, round and opulently textured wine shows a touch of heat in the sweet, fruit filled finish. 3,088 Views Tasted Jul 10, 20112009 Bellevue comes from recently acquired property across the street from Angelus. Hubert de Bouard thinks the terroir is as good as much of the Angelus terroir. if not better. The inky colored wine, with its potent black raspberry, licorice, floral, and stone aromas, is enticing. Made from 99% merlot, it is full bodied, concentrated, and opulent. Low in acidity, the wine fills your mouth with dark berry flavors. 93-95 Pts 3,199 Views Tasted Jun 28, 2010 |
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2009
Château Bellevue de Tayac (Margaux)
With a nose of tobacco, earth and cassis, this medium bodied Margaux wine ends with a pleasant, spicy, fresh, crème de cassis finish. 3,322 Views Tasted Jul 20, 2011 |
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2008
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Fleshy and flashy, with layers of ripe, deep, dark fruits that stick with you. At 10 years of age, the wine is still young, concentrated and tannic, needing at least another 5-10 more years to soften and develop. But it is going to be worth the wait. 4,163 Views Tasted Sep 17, 201808 Château Bellevue Mondotte. This producer turned out a whopping 450 cases in 2008. This deep, ink colored elixir displays blackberry, truffle, coffee, smoke, and mineral notes in the perfume. The palate enjoys being slathered in layers of rich, ripe, blackberry, black cherry and boysenberry flavors. The pure, velvety, decadent finish remains for over 40 seconds. 94-97 Pts 9,938 Views Tasted Aug 1, 2009 |
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2008
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The wine has firmed up over the past 12 months and is currently a bit tight. It requires effort and air to open and find its licorice, black cherry and crushed stone driven qualities. I'd let it sleep for at least 5 more years before popping a bottle. 5,538 Views Tasted Dec 11, 2012 |
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2007
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
No need to hold off any longer. Pop and pour brings out the sweet, plum, licorice, smoke and coffee notes. The texture shows a lush quality,with a dark, plum finish and the sensations of of dusty tannins. 4,286 Views Tasted Dec 21, 2017 |
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2006
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Still holding on to its dark color, the wine is deep, rich and intense. There is a sweetness to fruit and a lot of crushed rock sensations in the powerful, intense finish. Give this 5-10 more years and this should be a super wine. 4,653 Views Tasted May 25, 2016 |
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2005
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Inky in color, the wine is full bodied, intense, dense and concentrated with multiple layers of ripe, sweet, black fruits, crushed rocks, licorice, smoke and espresso. Still young, the texture really grabs you in the lingering finish. 6,746 Views Tasted Feb 4, 2017Explosive aromatics of truffle, crushed stone, wet earth and ripe fruits open to an intense mineral driven, powerful, concentrated wine that remains on your palate for close to 50 seconds! This is intense, long, expansive and pure, but so very young. It will be better in 10, 20, or 30 years! 8,134 Views Tasted May 18, 2013Inky and opaque in color. Minerals paired with licorice and sweet, ripe dark berries offer an intense perfume. Full bodied, concentrated and intense, the long finish ended with an ocean of velvet laced black cherries that seems to last forever. 9,115 Views Tasted Jul 21, 2008 |
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2005
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Just starting to show its lushly textured, black cherry, plum, licorice, smoke, espresso and wet earth character. The tannins is soft, the fruit is sweet fresh and ripe, finishing with supple textured, dark red fruits, chocolate and cocoa. 5,104 Views Tasted Nov 18, 2017 |
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2004
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
This could be the most intense and concentrated wine of the vintage. Youthful, fleshy, intense, lush and opulent, the wine delivers layers of licorice, espresso, black cherry, truffle and stone in every decadent sniff and sip. 5,990 Views Tasted Nov 30, 2014One of the most concentrated wines of the vintage. Produced from yields of just 15 hectoliters per hectare, the wine, while still young is starting to become civilized with its licorice, black cherry, plum liqueur, earth, espresso bean and spicy perfume. Rich, full bodied, smooth and supple, the plush, polished, opulent finish leaves an impression of ripe, juicy, chocolate covered plums, earth and kirsch. 6,092 Views Tasted May 18, 2013 |
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2004
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, elegant, supple, fresh and fruity, the texture was on the silky side, which I really liked. Not much density, but the sweetness and purity in the fruit was a pleasure. Fully mature, this is not a wine to hold for further development. 5,224 Views Tasted Mar 17, 2019 |
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2003
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
With just a few weeks to go before its 20th birthday, the wine has shed its former, oaky shell, which has been replaced by waves of ripe, lush, opulent fruits, crushed stone, smoke, licorice, and black cherries. Drink from 2022-2035. 3,069 Views Tasted Nov 28, 2022Voluptuous, rich, powerful, full-bodied, concentrated, lushly textured wine that delivers an ocean of ripe, black cherries, plums, blackberries, licorice, smoke, crushed stone and espresso on the nose and palate. No sensation of overripeness, heat, or jam, but the finish still shows oak as part of its character. This is a good time to be drinking this, if you have a bottle or two in your cellar. A brief 30 minute decant was all it needed. 3,476 Views Tasted Jul 11, 2020Deep in color, with lightening at the edges, the wine is powerful, concentrated and deep. There is an intense mineral element to the layers of perfectly ripe, exotic fruits. This is one of the wines of the vintage. Unlike many 2003 wines, this will enjoy a long life. 5,673 Views Tasted Dec 18, 2014Smoke, caramel, coffee bean, blackberry liqueur, flowers, earth and tobacco open the perfume. This is so packed with fruit, tasters need to decide if they should eat it or drink it. The finish must last for more than 60 seconds with its endless array of dense layers of plum, blackberry and cassis. 6,035 Views Tasted Oct 23, 2013Licorice, coffee bean, truffle, chocolate and black raspberry liqueur scents open to a flashy, fleshy, fun, full bodied wine that is a joy to drink. Still incredibly young, this is an intensely concentrated, lush, mineral driven, hedonistic St. Emilion. 5,192 Views Tasted Dec 12, 2012Still deep, ruby in color, incense, smoke, black and blue fruits, licorice, mineral, coffee, caramel and truffle aromas, layers of fat, sexy, plush, ripe, polished, sweet and opulently textured fruit is found in the finish. This is developing into a beautiful St. Emilion. Give it a few more years for the tannins to continue melting away. 4,526 Views Tasted May 30, 2012The incredibly inky, purple, black robe is as dark as night. Aromatics of melted blackberry liqueur with doses of coffee, cinnamon, licorice, blueberries and chocolate. The palate is thrilled as this amazingly concentrated, opulent wine spills over your senses. This is incredibly rich and sexy juice. The finish gives a text book example of plush. Still young with a big future ahead, when this wine matures, it's will offer an unbelievable tasting experience. This is the third time I've tasted this wine and each time it reminds me of 00 Pavie. I popped and poured the wine allowing it to develop in the decanter and glass for several hours. With air, it kept getting better and better. This is definitely sex in a bottle! 4,510 Views Tasted Jun 1, 2007The perfume smells like molten, liquefied, blackberry liqueur with doses of coffee, cinnamon, licorice, blueberries and mocha. On the palate, this amazingly concentrated wine is so opulent, it's hard to believe. This is incredibly rich and sexy juice. Next to decadence in the new Websters, they have a picture of 03 Bellevue Mondotte. The finish is very, very plush. 4,750 Views Tasted Jun 12, 2006 |
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2001
Château Bellevue Mondotte (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, elegant charmer, with a ripe, sweet, fresh plum, oak, earth, stone, licorice and floral character. Clearly, ready to drink and to deliver pleasure, this is not a wine with long term aging prospects. But it is a perfect charmer today. 3,309 Views Tasted Nov 13, 2016Rich, fat, concentrated and packed with sweet, ripe, lusciously textured, black and blue fruits, along with a nose of licorice, smoke, caramel, plum liqueur and wet earth. This is one of the younger tasting 2001 Right Bank wines. It has potential to improve. 3,635 Views Tasted Jan 17, 2016This wine continues to flesh out. The textures are softer, the wine feels fatter, yet with more velvety, sensuous qualities, since I last tasted it. Full bodied, potent and rich, with a true, licorice, black cherry, chocolate and plum personality. This should be very long lived for a 2001. 5,606 Views Tasted Jan 20, 2014The wine is not for the oak averse, as strong notes of espresso bean and coconut remain. On the positive side, which overshadows the oak, the wine is fresh, youthful, concentrated, opulently textured and delivers a core of ripe and very ripe, boysenberry, blackberry and dark cherries, complicated by licorice, earth and blue fruits. You can drink this now, or age it for another 5 years. 4,878 Views Tasted Aug 8, 2013Coffee bean, licorice, blackberry, boysenberry, stone, charcoal and tar create the complex fragrance. Rich, thick and concentrated with ripe, blackberry and cocoa, the wine ends with chocolate covered blackberry. Over the past few years, the wine seems to have exchanged some of its exuberant fruit for more minerality. Subsequent vintages offer even more concentration of fruit, but with more purity as well. 5,284 Views Tasted Jul 14, 2012Opaque in color. Thick, rich, and deeply concentrated with layers of fat, sexy, ripe, black fruit, jam, licorice, blue fruit, vanilla, herbs and spices. Mouth filling textures are the hallmark of the wine at this stage. This is packed and stacked with pure ripe fruit. 4,377 Views Tasted May 1, 2007 |
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2000
Château Bellevue (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, mocha, herbs, plums, cherries, licorice and wild herbs create the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, medium bodied and elegant, with a dark chocolate and fresh plum finish. Splash decanted and poured, this is drinking at its peak. The wine softened in the glass after an hour or so, but it did not gain additional complexities and does not warrant further aging. I'd drink any remaining bottles over the next decade. 3,587 Views Tasted Jan 22, 2018Filled with black raspberry, ripe plum, fresh herbs and crushed stone aromatics. Soft, supple, fresh and filled with perfectly ripe dark fruit, this is developing nicely. 5,868 Views Tasted Mar 5, 2011 |
