2016 Château Belair-Monange

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 94 points

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  3/3/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 90 Points

  During a Matter of Taste walkabout tasting, no detailed tasting notes. Very dense and ripe, cooked fruit. Second bottle was a little better, still, I found this wine too extracted and a bit step away from the 2016 La Fleur Petrus side by side

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  6/8/2023 - Vinum Deorum wrote: 94 Points

  A very nice young St-Emilion, that still needs to digest its oak though. It is full bodied and balanced, with a creamy texture. Aromas of vanilla, plum, cherry and cocoa. I would have liked to see the minerality come through, but hey it's damn easy to drink and enjoy. Would love to revisit in 10+ years.

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  4/30/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Totally great. Excellent from first pour. Thick plummy delicious fruit with high notes of juicy raspberry. Totally satisfying and delicious. No decant needed as no significant improvement at 2 hours.

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  2/28/2023 - Roentgen Ray Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Cellared at 55-65°F since release.
  Juicy blue and black fruit.
  Balanced and drinking great today.
  Recorked and tried again 5 days later with similar notes implying that this can age for an extended time.

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  11/1/2022 - csimm wrote: 93 Points

  Bordeaux tasting - with a few pirates: This seemed to be in a less than affable mood for most of the evening. On one hand, I think there were not only other better showing wines, but also, simply better wines that the Belair-Monange just couldn’t keep up with. I last had this wine nearly three years ago, and it was quite the exuberant showing. However, and like many 2016 BDXs, this seems to be in shy guy mode. What elements were showing themselves to some degree, were flattened out by a beam of acidity and frame. The fruit was basically not as expressive as I had hoped. The finish showed more alcohol than fruit flavor. Hold this 2016. This is nowhere near the 2015, and is kinda at the lower end of the scoring range that I have previously given for the 2018. It’s not a weak wine necessarily, but it was kind of a weak comparative showing. It wasn’t the 2000 Poyferre, but it was light years away from the top performers in the lineup.

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