Mondotte Vintage:2016 The 1998 is one for

The 1998 is one for the more patient amongst readers

It's a simpler wine but balanced and I would say best drunk now

The type of reduction that the Burgundians call bourgeon de cassis dominates the fruit today

Here there is better wood integration framing the pretty and ripe blend of both red and black fruit that displays a subtle animale character as well as notes of underbrush

Mondotte Vintage:2016 The 1998 is one forFull bodied, rich, fresh, dense and packed with ripe, pit fruits, crushed rocks and wet earth. There is a polish to the tannins and sweet, mineral driven fruit quality that sticks with you here. This is a good time to start popping corks on this beauty, as it's opening nicely today.