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Red
2005 Château Bellevue Mondotte
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
- St. Émilion Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 19
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dbg wrote:
December 11, 2023 - Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Pop and pour, sampled over 4 hours.
This has gone from “feh” a couple of years ago to “yuck” today. Plenty of fruit, tannin, and acid, lots of extraction. The best thing I can say about it is that there’s enough acid to keep it from being flabby. Overripe, raisiny, objectionable levels of volatile acidity. It would be better if the finish was shorter. It’s just getting gloopier with age. A paean to prodigious Parkerization. Poor. One more bottle left to suffer through. Or give away? It appears that there are people who like this. -
Acalder9 wrote: 83 points
August 3, 2021 - Disappointed in this wine. First one from a case, hopefully an aberration. Decanted for an hour, boring and completely closed in the glass. Perhaps a longer decant will improve subsequent bottles.
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paujokal Likes this wine: 96 points
July 22, 2021 - Leather. Blueberry. Shot of vanilla. Still drinking wonderfully.
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dbg wrote:
June 27, 2021 - Cellared since release, perfect cork and fill. Not much change since the last bottle 6 months ago. Dark red core, minimal lightening at rim. Plum, raisin, smoke, a hint of VA. Full body, ripe/over-ripe, huge extraction, adequate balancing acidity - not flabby but not focused either, moderate tannins, medium-long finish. Some may love the hugeness and ripeness but my palate has shifted away from this style. Maybe good, but I didn’t go back for a second glass.
After a night in the fridge, the remainder was showing alcoholic heat, a burnt character, and raisins. Not good, and down the drain with the rest of it. Feh.1 person found this helpful Comment -
RichelieuDennis1 wrote:
May 23, 2021 - Aerated for 3 minutes and it is delicious
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/29/2015 (link)(Ch Bellevue Mondotte St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
January 2015, 1/1/2015 (link)(Château Bellevue Mondotte St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2006, IWC Issue #126 (link)(Chateau Bellevue-Mondotte Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Château Bellevue Mondotte
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Libournais
- Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
- UPC Codes 3412950511920, 721713976894, 830293007185
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 57 (3%)
- In Cellars 1,458 (73%)
- Consumed 493 (25%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
86% Like It 7 votes
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionLibournais
- AppellationSt. Émilion Grand Cru
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