La Mondotte 1996

La Mondotte 1996

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  • Robert Parker rating 97
  • Vinous rating 91
La Mondotte 1996
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HED35975

75 cl

13.5%
£230.00
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La Mondotte`s 4.5-hectares of vines grow on the clay-limestone plateau east of Saint-Émilion and is characterised by its silty clay soils. The estate`s 4.5ha hectares of vineyards are planted to predominantly Merlot, with smaller amounts of Cabernet Franc. The 1996 vintage is in fact 100% Merlot, aged in 100% new oak barrels on the lees for 24 months.
97 Robert Parker
An amazing wine, the 1996 La Mondotte (approximately 800 cases made from a 30-year old parcel of 100% Merlot planted on a hillside between Le Tertre-Roteboeuf and Canon La Gaffeliere) is a super-star. If readers cannot get excited by tasting the 1996, they should change beverages. It is amazing for both its appellation and the vintage, revealing a remarkable level of richness, profound concentration, and integrated tannin. The thick purple color suggests a wine of extraordinary extract and richness. This super-concentrated wine offers a spectacular nose of roasted coffee, licorice, blueberries, and black currants intermixed with smoky new oak. It possesses full body, a multidimensional, layered personality with extraordinary depth of fruit, a seamless texture, amazing viscosity, and a long, 45-second finish. The tannin is sweet and well-integrated. This blockbuster St.-Emilion should be at its best between 2006-2025. A dry, vintage port Fonseca!

For its immense size, this wine is neither heavy nor over-done. — Robert Parker, 23rd April 1999
91 Vinous
Black ruby. Slightly high-toned aromas of raspberry, minerals and toffee. Extroverted, sweet and powerful in the mouth, with superb density for the vintage. Finishes with huge but well-distributed tannins. This is 100% merlot, while the '97 and '98 include 20%-25% cabernet franc; von Neipperg says he picked the cab franc too early in '96 and found it too rustic to include in the blend. — Stephen Tanzer, 1st May 1999

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