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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2024 Bélair-Monange is all sensuality. Soft and racy, with lovely forward fruit, the 2024 is impeccably balanced from start to finish. Espresso, dried herbs, rose petal, blood orange and pomegranate confer an exotic flair. The 2024 is an especially mid-weight Bélair-Monange. I won't be at all surprised if it grows with élevage. 04/2025

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2024 Bélair-Monange was picked between 23 and 28 September and aged in 50% new oak. This offers raspberry and wild strawberry scents on the nose that is defined but clearly not as complex as the bravura aromatics of the 2022. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant, juicy tannins and attractive blackberry and boysenberry scents with a little fig and allspice mixed in toward the harmonious finish. There's good concentration here. This does not possess the complexity of a great Belair-Monange, but it should give up to 20 years of drinking pleasure. 04/2025

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Notes of sweet cherries, berries, crushed mint and potpourri introduce the 2024 Belair Monange, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and suave wine that's pure, precise and harmonious, with lively acids and creditable persistence on the finish. 04/2025

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Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

Black raspberries, cassis, graphite, crushed stone, and sappy flower notes all emerge from the 2024 Château Belair-Monange, a beautiful Saint-Émilion that's medium-bodied, has a pure, layered, elegant mouthfeel, nicely polished, building tannins, and a great finish. I love its purity of fruit, and it brings solid mid-palate depth and length. The 2024 is 98% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc, harvested from September 23-28, and aging in 50% new oak. 05/2025

95

Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur sombre et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, fin fruité et subtil, évoluant crémeux à l'agitation du verre. Tout à la fois minutieux et dense dès l'entrée en bouche, le vin se développe charnu, savoureux, sur un moelleux hédoniste. Après le milieu, il fond sur le palais toujours velouté et parfumé. C'est long et très bien construit. Assemblage : 98 % merlot, 2 % cabernet franc. 04/2025

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James Suckling

James Suckling

Balanced and refined, showing blackberries, dark chocolate and dark plums that follow through to a medium body with integrated tannins and a savory finish. Real elegance and subtle length. A blend of 98% merlot and 2% cabernet franc. 04/2025