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2016

Château Belair-Monange

Tasted 1 November 2022 Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

This seemed to be in a less than affable mood for most of the evening. On one hand, I think there were not only other better showing wines, but also, simply better wines that the Belair-Monange just couldn't keep up…

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2015

Château Belair-Monange

Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

This fell flat with a 4-5oz Coravin pull. It was next to a 2015 Rauzan-Segla that initially was just as dumb, but managed to wake up and eventually obliterate the Belair-Monange. The B-M displayed…

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2010

Château Belair-Monange

Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Sauvage, black cherry, meat drippings, and sanguine notes creep along the palate, ending in a clip of dusty tannins on back end that seem to disallow the flavors from fully expanding. This bottle…

Reviewed 16 November 2023
2018

Château Belair-Monange

Libournais · Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

A lot of high scores here, so I of course had to open one of these to see what all the fuss was about. Upon the first pull of the cork, you might as well have just poured this down the drain and…

Reviewed 10 July 2022
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