CHÂTEAU MONBOUSQUET
2020 Grand Cru Classé Saint Emilion
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Saint Emilion & Satellites |
| Village | Saint Emilion |
| Classification | Grand Cru Classé |
| ABV | 14.5% |
The 2020 Monbousquet has a perfumed, floral nose with violet-infused black fruit. This is an anachronistic, "glossy" bouquet that needs time to lose its puppy fat. The palate is medium-bodied with dark chocolate and mocha on the entry. The oak is quite pronounced and slightly dries out the finish. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. Drinking range: 2026 - 2042 Rating: 89 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2024)
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Very tight and linear with blackberries, chocolate and cedar. Medium- to full-bodied. Linear. Racy and pretty. Drinkable but better in three or four years. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (May 2023)
This is a hugely oaky wine with a deep, dark, sooty core of fruit and rather terrifying and potent tannins. I have seen this many times over the years, but there is also a 2020 signature here which gives this wine some hope. There is freshness and slight mintiness here which in other wines, particularly those found on the Left Bank in 2020, signals unripeness and when this is coupled with a lighter-framed wine, often Cabernet-dominant, it throws the wine out of balance. But in Monbousquet it works, just about bringing this wine back into line! Rating: 16.5+ Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Jun 2021)
The 2020 Monbousquet is a heady, exotic wine. Blackberry jam, bittersweet chocolate, spice, new leather and espresso are all kicked up. Explosive and deep, the Monbousquet packs a serious punch. The tannins are pretty imposing today, but élevage should take care of that. Drinking range: 2025 - 2035 Rating: 90-92 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jun 2021)
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