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Chateau Belair Monange 1er Grand Cru Classe B
Floral and lifted but vibrant too, richly scented, dark black bramble fruit with sweet red cherries, strawberries, vanilla and cinnamon. Smooth and silky, this is juicy and bright, immediately arresting with clean cherry flavours and lots of blueberry, cola and wet stones bringing the salinity and minerality. Fruit forward, upfront, mouthwatering with super fine tannins, barely there - this is really well presented. On the serious side in terms of the spice right now, but this will be excellent in time. Lots of character. Supple, fun, expressive, fragrant, lifted, clean, focussed and refined. A great effort this vintage. Terroir nuance and plenty of kick! They didn't hold back and have really created something brilliant. Ageing 50% new oak barrels for 16-18 months.