La Mondotte Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

Name: 2020 La Mondotte Premier Grand Cru Classe B, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Brand: La Mondotte
SKU: 101322520200600750-IB
Price: 810.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Premier Grand Cru Classe B

La Mondotte

99James Suckling

99Jeb Dunnuck

97Antonio Galloni

+3 more

$810.00

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Drinking window

2025 · opens 2032–2041 · peak 2052

now +26 yrs

Can drink, will improve · best from 2032 · will keep to 2052.

Tasting notes

James Suckling · James Suckling · 99

Blackberries, blueberries and flowers such as lavender and dark roses on the nose. Dried flowers as well. Feels medium-bodied with seamless tannins that spread across the palate. Savory and agile with a weightless feel. Hints of white pepper and salt. Makes you want to taste it.

Better after 2026

Jeb Dunnuck · Jeb Dunnuck · 99

Just about pure perfection, the 2020 La Mondotte comes from a tiny parcel of limestone soils on the upper plateau, not far from Troplong Mondot. Mostly Merlot with a small amount of Cabernet Franc, its deep purple hue is followed by a brilliant bouquet of crème de cassis, crushed stone, graphite, mulled black cherries, and hints of truffle. Full-bodied, incredibly elegant yet also concentrated and flawlessly balanced, it's as good as anything in the vintage. Give bottles 4-6 years in the cellar, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 2-3 decades.

Antonio Galloni · Vinous · 97

The 2020 La Mondotte is fabulous. Rich, heady and exotic, the 2020 offers up copious blackberry, blueberry, mocha, liquorice, lavender and spice, with more savoury and mineral notes that appear over time. Like all of Stephan von Neipperg's 2020s, La Mondotte marries fruit intensity and structure in brilliant style. As always, La Mondotte is a pretty full throttle Saint-Émilion, but the excesses of the past have been tamed.

Drink 2030 - 2045

William Kelley · Wine Advocate · 96+

I typically have a weakness for Canon-la-Gaffeli�re, with its high percentage of Cabernet Franc, in the Von Neipperg portfolio. But this year, it's the 2020 La Mondotte that takes center stage, offering up aromas of dark berries, plums, licorice, incense and vine smoke, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and vibrant palate of striking harmony and concentration. It's the most seamless, complete wine I've ever tasted from this brilliant clay-limestone terroir.

Jane Anson · Decanter · 94

Ruby and violet-laced colour, glass-staining berry fruit, clear limestone influence, sappy and a little austere, slate and juice. Muscular in its colour and aromatics on the attack, then it contracts halfway through the palate and the grippy tannins come into play. A yield of 36hl/ha. Good stuff.

Neal Martin · Vinous · 93+

The 2020 La Mondotte has another concentrated, ripe and opulent bouquet with lavish kirsch and blueberry scents. It's a bit ferrous in style but gains coherence and complexity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with a pliant entry, fine acidity and a savory finish. It's not amazingly complex, and it needs a bit more length. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Catalog details

AppellationPremier Grand Cru Classe B

RegionBordeaux

Vintage2020

ColorRed

Top Score99 · James Suckling

Format750 ml

SourceMerchant

StorageBonded warehouse