Bellisle Mondotte Vintage:2000 this singular

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but the 2004 appears to have been heavily marked by new French oak

This Riesling is made from an especially high-quality two-hectare plot (of which only 1

Rich finish

but doesn't quite have enough personality to merit a 90-point rating

Bellisle Mondotte Vintage:2000 this singularThe impressive 2000 is undoubtedly a sleeper of the vintage. It offers an opaque purple color along with copious quantities of sweet creme de cassis notes intermixed with coffee, smoke, earth, and mocha. Full bodied and intense, with low acidity, a layered texture, sweet tannin, and a 35 second finish, it will drink beautifully between 2005 2017. P. S. This vineyard is superbly located near La Mondotte and Le Tertre Roteboeuf.