Chateau La Mondotte 2016 - Case of 6 Bottles (75cl)The 2016 La Mondotte is picked between 29 September and 15 October and matured in 70% new oak. The alcohol level is around 14. 5%. It has a lucid purple hue in the glass. The bouquet is very perfumed, very pure with luscious red cherries, blueberry and a hint of sloes, the new oak discrete and allowing the terroir to shine through perhaps more than the 2015 last year. The palate is silky smooth on the entry, but underneath the bonnet, there is

not a descriptor often applied to Montrose

Cabernet Franc 40%

featuring dynamic black and red fruits and loads of baking spice and mineral sparks

Nuanced and structured whites are dry

reticent nose featuring ripe peaches

It has a soft character

Drink Date 2015 - 2035

ripe but racy acids and exquisite balance

The 2015 Haut Brion Blanc is picked between 28 August and 7 September

perhaps even more tensile and precise than the 2015 La Mission Haut-Brion with greengage

The immediate impression on the bouquet is a wine of huge weight

but this certainly is more expressive