2002 Chateau La Mondotte Saint Emilion

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.