Wine: 2018 La Mondotte (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Score/Rating: 99
Review Date: 03/09/2021
Tasting Notes: This is a rich, lusciously textured, full-bodied, velvet laced wine that is impossible not to be enthralled by. Inky dark in color, you find flowers, crushed stones, ripe, juicy, fresh, sweet, blackberries, plums, cherries and assorted pit fruits. The intensity in the fruit, levels of depth and concentration, coupled with its gorgeous purity, essences of licorice, espresso, smoke and tobacco leaf with a touch of mint is there from start to finish. This is going to be a cellar treasure that will age and evolve for 2-3 decades with ease. The wine blends 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc.

Wine: La Mondotte St.-Emilion 2018
Score/Rating: 98
Suggested Drinking Window: Try after 2026.
Review Date: 01/24/2021
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: Blackberry, plum, mushroom and wood undertones. It's full-bodied with firm, ripe tannins. Savory and fleshy texture on the palate. Well balanced. Flavorful finish with length. Such polish and composure for a young wine. So classy! Try after 2026.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 97+
Suggested Drink Date: 2025 - 2050
Review Date: 03/31/2021
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 La Mondotte strolls nonchalantly out of the glass with expressive scents of plum preserves, blueberry compote and chocolate-covered cherries, followed by suggestions of candied violets, licorice, hoisin and black truffles with a waft of ground cloves. It's medium to full-bodied with seriously impressive tension and wonderfully ripe, velvety tannins supporting the generous black fruit preserves layers, finishing with amazing length and loads of panache. It will require a good 4-5 years to unlock some of its finer nuances, then drink this powerhouse over the next 25+ years.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 96+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2043
Review Date: 03/2021
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni
Tasting Notes: The 2018 La Mondotte melds together the richness of the vintage with the bright, chalky notes that are such a signature of this tiny estate. Inky dark fruit, graphite, crushed rocks, lavender and spice gradually open in a dense, layered Saint-Emilion loaded with personality. I can't wait to see how it ages.

Wine: La Mondotte St.-Emilion 2018
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Drink now through 2038
Review Date: 03/31/2021
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: This packs in some solid plum sauce, cassis and cherry reduction aromas and flavors, which hold sway throughout while hints of roasted alder, sweet tobacco and ganache fill in. Lovely, buried minerality keeps it all well-supported throughout. Built for the cellar. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2024 through 2038.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2056
Review Date: 03/11/2021
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Coming from a cool terroir situated near Pavie Decesse and based on 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 La Mondotte reveals a dense purple hue to go with a rich, yet classic, regal, full-bodied style delivering impressive blue fruits, graphite, scorched earth, and liquid violet aromas and flavors. It's concentrated and powerful, yet it's the balance, purity of fruit, and quality of tannins that set it apart. Do your best to hide bottles for 5-7 years, and it's going to evolve for 30+.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025-2050
Review Date: 02/09/2023
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: La Mondotte 2018 is deep garnet purple in color. It bursts with scents of baked plums, Christmas pudding, and incense, plus notes of dried mint and unsmoked cigars. Medium to full-bodied, firm and a tad chewy, yet with loads of decadent blue fruit and savory layers, it delivers a long, exotic, spice-laced finish.

Wine: La Mondotte, St-Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classe, 2018
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2042
Review Date: 11/09/2020
Reviewed By: Jane Anson
Tasting Notes: Concentrated, as this wine often is, with a silky texture and rich damson fruits, layered deeply with liquorice and chocolate. The Neipperg polish is on display in abundance. This is serious, poised and impressive. A good decade needed here before opening. [...]

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte (St. Emilion Grand Cru)
Score/Rating: 99
Review Date: 03/09/2021
Tasting Notes: This is a rich, lusciously textured, full-bodied, velvet laced wine that is impossible not to be enthralled by. Inky dark in color, you find flowers, crushed stones, ripe, juicy, fresh, sweet, blackberries, plums, cherries and assorted pit fruits. The intensity in the fruit, levels of depth and concentration, coupled with its gorgeous purity, essences of licorice, espresso, smoke and tobacco leaf with a touch of mint is there from start to finish. This is going to be a cellar treasure that will age and evolve for 2-3 decades with ease. The wine blends 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc.

Wine: La Mondotte St.-Emilion 2018
Score/Rating: 98
Suggested Drinking Window: Try after 2026.
Review Date: 01/24/2021
Reviewed By: James Suckling
Tasting Notes: Blackberry, plum, mushroom and wood undertones. It's full-bodied with firm, ripe tannins. Savory and fleshy texture on the palate. Well balanced. Flavorful finish with length. Such polish and composure for a young wine. So classy! Try after 2026.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 97+
Suggested Drink Date: 2025 - 2050
Review Date: 03/31/2021
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2018 La Mondotte strolls nonchalantly out of the glass with expressive scents of plum preserves, blueberry compote and chocolate-covered cherries, followed by suggestions of candied violets, licorice, hoisin and black truffles with a waft of ground cloves. It's medium to full-bodied with seriously impressive tension and wonderfully ripe, velvety tannins supporting the generous black fruit preserves layers, finishing with amazing length and loads of panache. It will require a good 4-5 years to unlock some of its finer nuances, then drink this powerhouse over the next 25+ years.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 96+
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2043
Review Date: 03/2021
Reviewed By: Antonio Galloni
Tasting Notes: The 2018 La Mondotte melds together the richness of the vintage with the bright, chalky notes that are such a signature of this tiny estate. Inky dark fruit, graphite, crushed rocks, lavender and spice gradually open in a dense, layered Saint-Emilion loaded with personality. I can't wait to see how it ages.

Wine: La Mondotte St.-Emilion 2018
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: Drink now through 2038
Review Date: 03/31/2021
Reviewed By: James Molesworth
Tasting Notes: This packs in some solid plum sauce, cassis and cherry reduction aromas and flavors, which hold sway throughout while hints of roasted alder, sweet tobacco and ganache fill in. Lovely, buried minerality keeps it all well-supported throughout. Built for the cellar. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2024 through 2038.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 96
Suggested Drinking Window: 2026 - 2056
Review Date: 03/11/2021
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Tasting Notes: Coming from a cool terroir situated near Pavie Decesse and based on 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 La Mondotte reveals a dense purple hue to go with a rich, yet classic, regal, full-bodied style delivering impressive blue fruits, graphite, scorched earth, and liquid violet aromas and flavors. It's concentrated and powerful, yet it's the balance, purity of fruit, and quality of tannins that set it apart. Do your best to hide bottles for 5-7 years, and it's going to evolve for 30+.

Wine: 2018 La Mondotte
Score/Rating: 95
Suggested Drinking Window: 2025-2050
Review Date: 02/09/2023
Reviewed By: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Tasting Notes: La Mondotte 2018 is deep garnet purple in color. It bursts with scents of baked plums, Christmas pudding, and incense, plus notes of dried mint and unsmoked cigars. Medium to full-bodied, firm and a tad chewy, yet with loads of decadent blue fruit and savory layers, it delivers a long, exotic, spice-laced finish.

Wine: La Mondotte, St-Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classe, 2018
Score/Rating: 93
Suggested Drinking Window: 2028 - 2042
Review Date: 11/09/2020
Reviewed By: Jane Anson
Tasting Notes: Concentrated, as this wine often is, with a silky texture and rich damson fruits, layered deeply with liquorice and chocolate. The Neipperg polish is on display in abundance. This is serious, poised and impressive. A good decade needed here before opening. [...]