A spectacular garagiste effort from a five-acre 45-year-old vineyard (90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon) the 2004 Bellevue Mondotte was fashioned from yields of 15 hectoliters per hectare. The result is an opaque purple-colored wine of provocative richness and intensity with an extraordinarily thick juicy style and unbridled amounts of creme de cassis black cherry liqueur a structured minerality and sexy toasty new oak. This full-bodied powerful extravagant fascinating St.-Emilion is nearly over the top. Bottled unfined and unfiltered and tipping the scales at nearly 14% natural alcohol it should drink well for 20-25 years.

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. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2004&wine=Chateau%20Bellevue%20Mondotte