2006 Château Bellevue Mondotte

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/25/2023 - willmark wrote: 85 Points

  15th Dec 2022
  Still tight for a right bank; even after 17 years of cellaring.

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  7/5/2023 - SummumWijn wrote: 85 Points

  Note after having decanted the wine for 6 hours.
  
  Deep bright ruby with purple tones. Shy and pretty closed nose with hints of plums, blackberry, graphite, oak. Fruits come across as being a bit overripe (slightly oxidative). Still quite monolithic with focus on the typical Merlot flavors. Dark ripe plums, black forest fruits, chocolate, a bit of licorice, herbs, leather. Flavors are concentrated even though you start noticing some age on this vintage. No sign of real softening of the tannins, can't imagine what this must have been years ago. Acceptable balance, medium+ aftertaste but quite singular again.
  
  I appreciate the wine, however for the price tag it is not really giving what you would expect in return. Nice experience for hardcore Merlot drinkers. Not sure if this will improve over the years, third tasting in as many years and I see no sign of improvement or deterioration. Three bottles left.

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  2/28/2023 - popopdrops wrote: 86 Points

  Ikke dekantert. Eik og alkohol. Fra start. Går bra ved 13 - 14 grader celsius.

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  6/3/2022 - popopdrops wrote: 88 Points

  Dekantert. Åpner noe nært Monbosquet 2009, altså eik. Blåser noe av etterhvert. Fet.

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  3/4/2022 - willmark wrote: 82 Points

  4th March 2022
  Still well below its potential; lacks depth and character for such a premium wine….perhaps have to wait longer for its maturity …

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