2002 La Mondotte
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Red-ruby. Subtly smoky, musky aromas of red fruits, espresso, toffee, truffle and minerals. Densely packed but high-pitched, with mineral, smoke and earth notes. The most intensely flavored of Stephan von Neipperg's 2002s, but not at all a lush style of St. Emilion. The wine's very firm structure calls for six to eight years of additional cellaring.
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A decidedly lighter-styled wine than the 2003, this elegant, medium-bodied effort from La Mondotte boasts a deep ruby/purple-tinged color and some sweet mulberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of white chocolate and espresso. Stylish but ultimately lacking great depth and persistence, this wine should be drunk over the next 10-15 years.
(from a harvest that yielded barely half of a normal crop, owing to coulure Full medium ruby. Crushed black fruits dominate the nose. Fat, broad and plummy, with enough acidity to maintain its balance and shape. Very sexy wine, but not quite as penetrating as its low yield would suggest. This will open earlier than the '98 or '03, von Neipperg believes. Today I find the Canon La Gaffeliere more aromatic in the mouth, and sweeter and lusher on the back end.
A decidedly lighter-styled wine than the 2003, this elegant, medium-bodied effort from La Mondotte boasts a deep ruby/purple-tinged color and some sweet mulberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of white chocolate and espresso. Stylish but ultimately lacking great depth and persistence, this wine should be drunk over the next 10-15 years. Apr 2005, www.robertparker.com