Château Monbousquet Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2020 i trækasse

Tastingbook.com

Jeannie Cho Lee

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Chateau Monbousquet is lights-out good, offering a full-bodied, concentrated, opulent profile as well as notes of ripe black cherries, cassis, chocolate, and leafy herbs. With terrific purity, velvety tannins, and incredible richness as well as a remarkable sense of freshness, it's going to evolve for 15+ years in cold cellars. Best After 2023.

James Suckling

Very tight and linear with blackberries, chocolate and cedar. Medium- to full-bodied. Linear. Racy and pretty.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Black cherries, black plums, espresso, smoke, licorice, and a touch of cocoa form the aromatic profile. The wine is lush, polished, sweet and fresh with polished- tannins and a vibrant, refined finish with a mild savory, minty, fresh note in the background in the finish. The reduction in the amount of new oak, which is now 50%, really helps with the freshness, texture and fruits here. This is a top vintage for Monbousquet that will be enjoyable in its youth, yet age for up to 2 decades as well.

Markus del Monego MW

“On the palate massive tannins with ripe character, excellent concentration and depth with very convincing length.”

Falstaff

Deep dark ruby, opaque core, purple reflections, subtle brightening on rim. Delicate black cherry fruit backed by fresh figs, candied orange zest, some vanilla and cardamom. Full-bodied, ripe black berries, some nougat, vivid tannins, minerality, good length, certain ageing potential.

Vert de Vin Magazine

“The nose is fruity and offers freshness as well as a small concentration. It reveals notes of cassis, black plum, small notes of violet associated with touches of pulpy raspberry as well as fine hints of vanilla and a discreet hint of zan. The mouth is fruity, balanced and offers juiciness, gourmandize, a good definition, a certain control, a certain richness, a nice fine grain, a nice roundness/delicacy as well as freshness. The wine expresses notes of pulpy/fleshiness, fleshy cassis, small notes of violet associated with touches of blueberry, raspberry, blueberry, small notes of black fruits, hints of tonka bean/mocha, cornflower as well as fine hints of nutmeg, vanilla and a discreet hint of caramelization. The tannins are precis and finely soft. Good length. Nice bitterness at the end of the palate.”

Vivino