La Mondotte 2020

97-98/100

This is really spicyand flavorful with a solid core of fruit and chewy tannins that are polished and very long, providing this wine with super structure and tension.

18/20

Fruits noirs, gelée de mûre, bouche très ronde, tanins fins et sérrés, très enrobés, finale très nette, vive, persistante.

96-97/100

Assez monolithique pour le moment, le nez de ce 90 % de merlot (10 % de cabernet franc) ne laisse passer qu’un parfum discret de cassis à la vanille mais on imagine une belle expansion aromatique d’ici quelques mois. Le palais tramé se prolonge d’un tanin élégant, épicé, presque poivré.

94/100

95-97/100

The 2020 La Mondotte does not mess about, delivering a payload of ripe, opulent blackberry, cassis, India ink and figgy scents, exotic but very sensual and managing to retain impressive delineation. The balanced palate presents succulent tannins and a satiny texture. There is real depth to this La Mondotte, yet the acidity keeps it light on its toes, and there is impressive salinity toward the finish. This constitutes one of the finest La Mondotte releases in recent years. Chapeau!(Neal Martin)

96-98/100

A true blockbuster in the vintage is the 2020 La Mondotte, which comes from a tiny 12-acre parcel of limestone soils located near Troplong Mondot, Pavie, and Larcis Ducasse, on the upper limestone plateau. Emerging from the talented team of Stephan von Neipperg and brought up in new barrels, it has a wonderfully pure, clean, medium to full-bodied style offering integrated oak, a straight, focused texture, and incredible purity in its darker berry fruits as well as notes of gravelly earth and liquid violets.It’s common for the wines from the upper plateau to show more perfumed ethereal aromatics (as opposed to more richness from wines on the hillside), and this is incredibly perfumed, elegant, and aromatic while still offering density, structure, and length.It’s going to take 7-8 years to hit maturity, but it should see its 30th birthday in fine form.

98-99/100

Bouquet précis, délicat marqué par des nuances de cassis et de menthe suivies par des notes d’iris. En bouche le vin se distingue par son attaque crayeuse et par l’entrée en scène des tannins. Ceux-ci sont puissants et en phase avec la vivacité de la structure acide. Ils sont ronds et aux grains fins. Que de précision, de puissance et de subtilité dans La Mondotte 2020. Un très grand vin qui brille par sa sérénité et sa profondeur.2025-2050.