Bellevue Mondotte
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Bellevue Mondotte,
Ready, but will keep,
Calon-Sgur is such a reliable barometer of overall quality that when its inimitable austerity is replaced by silky fruit and fine, supple tannins, you know you have a charming, early-drinking vintage on your hands. With an unusually high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), this is a beautifully balanced, highly aromatic Calon. A creamy cassis nose is followed by sophisticated, firm, crunchy blackcurrant fruit with licorice and green pepper notes. Madame Gasqueton puts it between 2004 and 2005 in terms of quality, which is praise indeed. As the Marquis de Sgur would say, in 2007 our heart definitely belongs to Calon.
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Chateau Bellevue Mondotte is a tiny, 2-hectare wine property on the limestone plateau of St Emilion, bought in 2001 by Gérard Perse, owner of the celebrated premier Grand Cru Classé Ch. Pavie.
Merlot comprises over 90% of the blend with a dash of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The vineyard faces south at an altitude of 80 metres above sea-level, and the average age of the vines is 45 years.
The wine falls very much into the garagiste camp, being aged in 100% new oak and produced from tiny yields of 15-20 hectolitres per hectare.
Michel Rolland is the consultant oenologist. After 6 months ageing on its lees the wine remains in barrel for a further 18 months before being bottled unfiltered and unfined.