R & B Wines - Wine Price List
BORDEAUX - St Emilion
St Emilion - Listed by CHATEAU/Vintage
Btls
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Btl
Size |
Wine
Where available, tasting scores and notes are by Robert Parker (RP) and taken from his website www.erobertparker.com, Stephen Tanzer (ST) from www.wineaccess.com and
Wine Spectator (WS) from www.winespectator.com |
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Price per
Bottle
including
VAT |
Tasting
Score/Notes
Best Drinking |
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19 |
75cl |
CARILLON de ANGELUS
St Emilion
This is the 2nd wine of top estate Chateau Angelus.
Their top 2005 cuvee receives a hefty
96-99 score from Robert Parker and sells for approx. £215 a bottle; so the Carillon represents real value! |
2005 |
£52.00 |
No reviews currently available for this wine, but this is a top vintage from a leading
St. Emilion estate.
2010-25 |
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76 |
75cl |
BARDE-HAUT
St Emilion
RP -
Made from tiny yields of 18
hectoliters per hectare (May hail damage resulted in this small crop), the
opaque purple-coloured 2009 reveals an extraordinary nose of mulberries,
black cherries, charcoal, barbecue smoke and forest floor. Rich,
full-bodied and opulent with silky tannins as well as a broad, unctuous
texture, this beauty can be enjoyed now and over the next 15+ years.
It is fashioned from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. |
2009 |
£32.00 |
RP94
2012-27 |
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79 |
75cl |
BEAUSEJOUR CUVEE 1901
Montagne
St Emilion
100% Merlot; from wines planted in 1901!
This wine
represents undeniable quality/value rapport in 2007.
Coming from older vines, it has a very pure and profound taste, without
being too tannic; as 2007 is a good 'drinking' vintage. |
2007 |
£28.00 |
2010-20
From 110 year old vines - TRY
the DIFFERENCE! |
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36 |
75cl |
BELLEVUE
St Emilion
RP -
Made under the guidance of
Hubert du Bouard, this blend of primarily Merlot and a tiny dollop of
Cabernet Franc (around 9%) from the limestone soils on the hillsides of
St.-Emilion exhibits a dense purple color, lots of chalky minerality and a
big, sweet perfume of boysenberries, blackberries, licorice and burning
embers. It is full-bodied and opulent with an abundance of fruit,
glycerine, power and silkiness. Some tannins lurking in the finish
suggest a half dozen years of cellaring will be required. |
2009 |
£44.00 |
RP93
2018-35 |
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80 |
75cl |
BERLIQUET
St Emilion
RP -
The wine displays oodles of
strawberry jam intermixed with kirsch, dusty, loamy soil notes, garrigue,
spice box and vanillin. It is full-bodied, opulent, very flamboyant and
showy, with a hint of chalky minerality to add complexity and precision.
Showing far better than it did from barrel, this wine comes from a
beautiful southwest-facing hillside slope near Angelus. With the 2009,
Berliquet has turned out one of their best wines in many a year. Yields
were only 21.5 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine is a final blend of
73% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon that tipped the
scales at 14% natural alcohol under the guidance of Stephane Derenoncourt. |
2009 |
£25.00 |
RP91
2012-27 |
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60 |
75cl |
LA BIENFAISANCE
St Emilion
RP - A stunning effort from this property in St.-Christophe des Bardes, this 25-acre vineyard is planted with 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc.
Made in a flamboyant style for the vintage, it reveals a dense purple colour along with an expressive, ostentatious nose of sweet cherry liqueur intermixed with crème de cassis, toast, spring flowers, incense, melted liquorice, and chocolate. Full-bodied with high but sweet, velvety tannins, it is already approachable, but promises to develop more nuances over the next decade. |
2005 |
£29.00 |
RP92
2008-28 |
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48 |
75cl |
CHAUVIN
St Emilion
RP -
A superb wine, this
opaque purple-coloured effort boasts a vividly pure nose of graphite,
melted licorice, crème de cassis, espresso, and wet stones backed up by
subtle, high quality, spicy, new oak. Multi-layered, full-bodied,
dense, concentrated, and pure, with sweet tannin and superb length,
this future classic will be at its best between 2008-2019. |
2000 |
£42.00 |
RP92
2008-19 |
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54 |
75cl |
CLOS LA MADELEINE
St Emilion
RP -
The wine is an impressive
blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, made under the supervision of
Hubert de Bouard. I don’t think Clos La Madeleine has ever made a
better wine. This 2009 has liqueur of dusty chalk intermixed with red
and black fruits, hints of blackberry and black cherry, and loads of
full-bodied opulence yet great structure and definition. This is a
sleeper of the vintage and a personal best for Clos La Madeleine, long
under the radar of wine consumers. |
2009 |
£42.00 |
RP93+
2018-35Very
exclusive wine as small production! |
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16 |
75cl |
CLOS de l'ORATOIRE
St Emilion
RP -
A flamboyant St.-Emilion, this
largely-Merlot blend displays notes of Christmas fruitcake, cedar wood,
tobacco leaf, and loads of black currant and blackberry fruit. A showy,
extravagantly concentrated, hedonistic style of St.-Emilion, with some
wood smoke and roasted herbs adding nuance to the full-throttle aromatics
and long, lush, silky flavours, this wine can be drunk now or cellared
for up to 15+ years. |
2009 |
£32.00 |
RP93
2012-35 |
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18 |
75cl |
CLOS de l'ORATOIRE
St Emilion
RP - Exotic, full-bodied, fleshy, and sumptuous, this hedonistic blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc was created by Stephan von Neipperg and his brilliant consultant, Stephane Derenoncourt. Inky purple to the rim, with a flamboyant personality, it can be drunk now or cellared for 15+ years. It tastes so good, it may be declared a “banned substance” by neo-traditionalists. |
2005 |
£42.00 |
RP93
2008-23 |
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120 |
75cl |
LA DOMINIQUE
St. Emilion
RP -
The wine displays plenty of
licorice, Christmas fruitcake, black currants, licorice, truffles and some
espresso notes. Full-bodied, viscous and somewhat reminiscent of many
2009s, given its blast of fruit, glycerine and heady alcohol, this
is a beautifully rich St.-Emilion for pleasure seekers. Don’t discount
its ageability, as I am sure it has two decades ahead of it. |
2010 |
£42.00 |
RP93
2013-33 |
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102 |
75cl |
LA DOMINIQUE
St. Emilion
RP -
Finally we have returned to
the great La Dominique's made in 1989 and 1990. This has much of the
style of the 1990, with supple tannin and loads of spicy fruitcake,
licorice, cassis and kirsch-like notes that jump from this dense
ruby/purple wine. Fat, fleshy and full-bodied, with beautiful richness,
purity and length, this wine will be approachable in its youth yet
last for two decades (just like the 1989 and 1990) |
2009 |
£41.00 |
RP93
2012-35 |
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84 |
75cl |
LA DOMINIQUE
St. Emilion
RP -
An unqualified sleeper of the
vintage, the dark ruby/purple-tinged 2008 La Dominique reveals black
olive, licorice, tobacco leaf, raspberry and kirsch liqueur
characteristics. Deep and medium to full-bodied with supple tannins, an
endearing texture and a lush, long, seamlessly constructed finish. |
2008 |
£30.00 |
RP90
2011-23 |
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34 |
75cl |
GRANGE NEUVE de FIGEAC
St Emilion
This is the 2nd Wine from Chateau FIGEAC.
Excellent vintage, full, round and with lots of flavour; which is drinking well now.
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2000 |
£35.00 |
2008-20
Great value from a Top Vintage. |
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6 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
James Suckling
- The aromas in this are amazing, with blueberries, blackberries and fresh
mushrooms.
Black Olives. So aromatic. Full-bodied, with super velvety tannins and
lovely depth of ripe fruit. Balanced. Wild flavours on the finish of,
meat, berries and forest fruits. Hints of decadence. 33% Cabernet Franc, 33%
Merlot and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon. Best Figeac ever. |
2009 |
£162.00 |
JS99
2017-38 |
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17 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
ST -
Medium bright ruby. Expressive nose offers strawberry,
ripe red cherry and mineral aromas, all lifted by a
floral topnote. Satiny-smooth on entry, with the
ripe red berry and sweet spice flavours given
laser-like precision by high but harmonious acids.
Finishes long and subtle, with a pretty mineral
nuance.
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2008 |
£77.00 |
ST90
2012-29 |
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58 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
RP - This elegant, precocious, surprisingly soft, up-front-styled St.-Emilion possesses a dark ruby/purple colour as well as sweet aromas of menthol, fruitcake, cherries, and black currants. Round and medium-bodied with silky tannins and a sensual, evolved, precocious style, it can be enjoyed over the next 10-14 years. |
2006 |
£85.00 |
RP90
2009-23 |
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33 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
Wine Spectator - This is subtle and complex, showing blackberry, fresh tobacco and light vanilla, with a hint of Indian spices. Full-bodied, with super well-integrated tannins and a finish that lasts for minutes. Refined and classy. The best modern wine from this producer |
2005 |
£110.00 |
WS95
2010-35 |
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10 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
ST - Full deep ruby. Thoroughly ripe aromas of cassis, blackberry, cherry liqueur and violet. Intensely flavoured and dense, with a mineral element giving the wine suavity and grip. Complex suggestions of leather and game.
This struck me as rather Pomerol-like. Finishes long and suave, with considerable nuance. |
2001 |
£98.00 |
ST90
2008-22BIN END PRICE |
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13 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FIGEAC
St Emilion
RP - A profound effort, the surprisingly full-bodied 2000 Figeac has an opaque purple colour accompanied by a terrific bouquet of camphor, graphite, black currants, liquorice, and smoked herbs. With well-balanced, powerful tannin, concentration, and pinpoint precision, finesse, and purity.
When Figeac hits on all cylinders, one can understand why some tasters believe it is as complex as
Cheval Blanc. |
2000 |
£110.00 |
RP94
2008-29 |
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19 |
75cl |
FONBEL
St Emilion
RP - A sleeper of the vintage, Ausone’s proprietor, Alain Vauthier, produces this beautiful St.-Emilion.
It possesses a sumptuous bouquet of crushed rocks, incense, raspberries, boysenberries, and a touch of cherries. Some earthiness intrudes on the palate, but it adds complexity and nuance rather than detracting from the wine’s beautiful fruit. Medium to full-bodied, with admirable elegance and purity as well as ripe tannin, this beauty can be enjoyed over the next 15+ years. |
2005 |
£25.00 |
RP90
2008-23
Made by the proprietor of Chateau Ausone -
which is now considered to be the top St Emilion wine estate! |
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2 |
75cl |
FONPLEGADE
St Emilion
Wine Spectator - Very dark in colour, with beautiful aromas of blackberry, dark chocolate and raspberry that follow through to a full body, with soft, round tannins, a super velvety texture and a long, flavourful finish. |
2005 |
£32.00 |
WS91
2012-28
This wine was given the highest Decanter score of 5 Stars in the March 2008 issue - surely a recommendation!
BIN END PRICE |
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117 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FONROQUE
St Emilion
RP -
The dense plum/purple-hued
2009 Fonroque offers up notes of sandy, loamy soil, sagebrush, sweet
cherries and black currants. Medium to full-bodied, rich and
moderately tannic, it is one of the more firmly structured, reserved
2009s. Everything needed for a long evolution (two decades or more)
is present, but this offering should be forgotten for 5-7 years. |
2009 |
£25.00 |
RP92
2017-37From one of the few bio-dynamically farmed vineyards in St.-Emilion!
Very pure and tasty wines at reasonable prices. |
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66 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FONROQUE
St Emilion
RP -
Sweet and sour cherries, red
currants, loamy soil notes and roasted herbs make an appearance in this
round, surprisingly elegant and pretty wine, which displays good
freshness, a nice equilibrium and a medium-bodied mouthfeel. Drink
it over the next 10-12 years. |
2008 |
£20.00 |
RP89
2011-23From one of the few bio-dynamically farmed vineyards in St.-Emilion!
Very pure and tasty wines at reasonable prices. |
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59 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FONROQUE
St Emilion
RP - Rated but no tasting notes given.
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2007 |
£20.00 |
RP89
2010-22
From one of the few bio-dynamically farmed vineyards in St.-Emilion!
A good drinking vintage. |
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58 |
75cl |
CHATEAU FONROQUE
St Emilion
RP - Alain Moueix, who farms this vineyard bio-dynamically, has lowered yields considerably and tamed the rustic tannins and muscular style that had been trademarks for many decades.
The medium to full-bodied 2005, a blend of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc, offers beautiful notes of kirsch liqueur, loamy soil, spice box, liquorice, and roasted herbs, substantial but sweet tannin, good acidity, and a long finish. |
2005 |
£27.00 |
RP90
2008-28
From one of the few bio-dynamically farmed vineyards in St.-Emilion!
Very pure and tasty wines at reasonable prices. |
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236 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
RP -
Copious aromas of licorice, charcoal, damp earth, black raspberries,
black currants and a hint of espresso jump from the glass of this
deep purple-coloured 2009. Medium to full-bodied with sweet
tannin, plenty of baby fat and a seductive personality. |
2009 |
£28.00 |
RP90
2012-27 |
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118 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
RP -
Another sleeper of the vintage from Moulin St.-Georges, the
elegant 2008 exhibits a deep ruby/purple color, aromas of crushed
rocks, graphite, blueberries and raspberries, excellent
concentration and a long finish. Consume it over the next decade
or more. |
2008 |
£25.00 |
RP90
2011-21 |
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44 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
RP - A beautiful sleeper of the vintage from proprietor Alain Vauthier, this 2007 offers notes of spring flowers, blueberries, raspberries, and crushed rocks. Medium-bodied with beautiful balance, silky tannins, and low acidity, this lush wine should be drunk over the next decade. |
2007 |
£24.00 |
RP90
2010-20 |
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45 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
RP - The second most well-known estate of perfectionist proprietor Alain Vauthier (the best-known is Ausone), the inky/purple-tinged 2005 Moulin-St.-Georges offers sumptuously sweet aromas of candied cassis, crushed rocks, flowers, and incense. Intense, full-bodied, and deep, with fabulous purity, texture, and freshness as well as a 40+ second finish, this may be the finest Moulin-St.-Georges Vauthier has yet produced. |
2005 |
£47.00 |
RP93
2011-25 |
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93 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
Wine Spectator - Intense aromas of tar, blackberry and graphite. Full-bodied, with extremely silky yet dense tannins and a long finish. A big, juicy wine, yet well-defined and balanced. |
2004 |
£29.00 |
WS91
2010-22 |
| 24 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
Wine Spectator - Dark in colour, with intense aromas of blackberry, raspberry and liquorice. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a long finish. Slightly linear but impressive. Very New World in style. |
2003 |
£37.00 |
WS90
2009-26 |
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27 |
75cl |
MOULIN St GEORGES
St Emilion
This estate adjoins Chateau Ausone and is made by the same top winemaker.
Wine Spectator - Gorgeous, subtle aromas of crushed berries, Indian spices and cherries. Full-bodied, with rich and silky tannins and a long, luscious finish. Beauty. Velvety. Hard to believe, but I like it better than the 2000. |
2002 |
£37.00 |
WS90
2006-17 |
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12 |
75cl |
PAVIE MACQUIN
St Emilion
RP -
The 2009 is enormous in
size, yet broodingly backward, I was somewhat surprised by the
astringency of the tannins in this blend of 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc
and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a big wine (14.5% alcohol), black purple
in color, with huge concentration of fruit and beautiful purity, but a
good decade of cellaring is required. From a top terroir, this wine is
built for the long haul, and I am sure it will be even better than its
relatively conservative rating at this point. |
2009 |
£72.00 |
RP93
2022-35
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6 |
75cl |
PAVIE MACQUIN
St Emilion
RP-
This property never makes a
very forward style of wine, and in the precocious, charming, upfront 2007
vintage, Pavie Macquin has fashioned an unexpectedly backward, powerful
offering. Perhaps this vineyard’s character is due to the clay and
limestone plateau on which the vineyard is planted. Composed of 85%
Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine achieved
14% natural alcohol in 2007. The wine reveals a dense blue/purple color
in addition to a bouquet of burning embers intermixed with charcoal,
graphite, blackberries, and cassis. Extracted, but not excessively so,
and full-bodied, with lots of tannin and structure. |
2007 |
£38.00 |
RP91
2013-28
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132 |
75cl |
QUINAULT L'ENCLOS
St Emilion
RP -
The style here has changed
completely since it was purchased from Dr. Alain Raynaud by the owners of
Cheval Blanc. The 2009, a blend of 60% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and
the rest Cabernet Franc from this enclosed vineyard situated within the
town of Libourne, displays loads of blueberry and raspberry fruit along
with crushed rock and a host of floral notes. Deliciously fruity,
medium-bodied, and very elegant, with a nice succulence, this is not a big
wine by any means, but it is very stylish, pure, velvety textured and
precocious. |
2009 |
£26.00 |
RP90
2012-27
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Reserved
for
Client |
75cl |
QUINAULT L'ENCLOS
St Emilion
RP - An elegant, pretty Quinault, the 2004 displays a dense ruby/purple colour along with a big, rich nose of liquorice, black raspberries, cherries, and spice.
A seamlessly made, supple-textured, evolved, forward effort, it can be drunk now or cellared for 12-15 years.
This is a very strong effort in a challenging vintage. |
2004 |
£22.00 |
RP91
2008-22
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92 |
75cl |
LA TOUR FIGEAC
St Emilion
RP -
The finest wine yet made
by this estate run by Stephane Derenoncourt’s wife, Christine, this
blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc tips the scales at 14+%
alcohol. It exhibits copious aromas of blueberries, raspberries,
asphalt, truffles, charcoal and a hint of graphite. Full-bodied and
powerful with low acidity, excellent freshness and precision, and deep,
glycerine-imbued, high octane flavours, the vintage’s tell-tale
voluptuousness and opulence are nicely wedded to a sense of freshness
and delineation. |
2009 |
£34.00 |
RP93
2012-32 |
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56 |
75cl |
LA TOUR FIGEAC
St Emilion
RP - A sleeper of the vintage, La Tour Figeac’s 2006 (80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc) is a lusciously-styled effort displaying a deep ruby/purple colour as well as copious quantities of sweet black cherries, black currants, liquorice, toasty oak, and forest floor. The wine is opulent, nearly flamboyant, and hedonistic with the potential to become even more complex over the next 10-15 years. |
2006 |
£28.00 |
RP91
2009-24 |
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75 |
75cl |
LA TOUR du PIN
St Emilion
RP -
Pierre Lurton, the director
of Cheval Blanc, has completely resurrected this estate since it was
acquired by the owners of Cheval Blanc. A blend of 80% Merlot and 20%
Cabernet Franc grown in clay and gravel soils, the 2009 La Tour du
Pin is the finest wine I have ever tasted from this property. It
reveals terrific fruit intensity along with a full-bodied unctuosity,
great purity, sweet tannins, and a heady, long finish |
2009 |
£35.00 |
RP94
2012-30From the
CHEVAL BLANC stable! |
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46 |
75cl |
MONDOT
St Emilion
This is the 2nd Wine
from Chateau Troplong Mondot (see below).
Excellent vintage, full, round and with lots of flavour; which is
starting to drink well now. |
2009 |
£34.00 |
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18 |
75cl |
TROPLONG MONDOT
St Emilion
RP -
A wine of the vintage
candidate in 2008, Troplong Mondot’s offering was produced from
yields of 41 hectoliters per hectare and achieved 14.5% natural alcohol.
A classic blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet
Franc, it offers copious quantities of blue and black fruits, a
full-bodied opulence, sweet tannin and a fabulous texture as well as
finish. Already drinking beautifully, it will be even better in 2-5
years and should last for 20 years. A great effort for the vintage, it
couldn’t happen to a more deserving proprietor, Christine Valette.
Bravo! |
2008 |
£68.00 |
RP96
2013-33 |
| 24 |
75cl |
TROPLONG MONDOT
St Emilion
RP - ....the 2006 Troplong Mondot is an impressive, powerful, broad, surprisingly masculine and deep effort. Its inky/blue/purple colour is accompanied by an exceptional bouquet of powdered rock, blackberries, blueberries, spring flowers, and hints of camphor as well as espresso roast. The wine is full-bodied with a layered, multidimensional texture, sensational purity and structure, and elevated levels of tannin, concentration, and richness. |
2006 |
£65.00 |
RP93
2016-41 |
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19 |
75cl |
TROPLONG MONDOT
St Emilion
RP - ....Not far off the pace of the spectacular 2000, the 2001 is performing even better from bottle than it was from cask. A gorgeous perfume of plum jam, crème de cassis, flowers, liquorice, black fruits, a hint of graphite, and well-integrated wood notes is followed by a medium to full-bodied St.-Emilion with superb texture, great flavour purity, and tremendous harmony as well as elegance. Remarkably approachable despite its impressive concentration and well-concealed tannin, this is a beauty. |
2001 |
£59.00 |
RP93
2006-17 |
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