TN: 2020 Lagier Meredith Mondeuse (USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder)

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  • 2020 Lagier Meredith Mondeuse - USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder (3/13/2023)
    Have very little experience with this Savoie grape, if I'm honest. This might actually be my first pure expression. What a lovely encounter! Dark as the night, earth and fruit on nose. Slightly underripe lingonberry from my youth and black stuff, with he fine tannins of a wine of hundreds and hundreds of bucks. So elegant, but can still go fo years. I can't help but get Syrah vibes from this grape, maybe with a 30% note of Blaufränkisch or some other Austrian variety. Wow, just wonderful wine. So happy I got this as part of BD! (93 points)
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Not touching my 2020s yet, but the 2018 was spectacular a couple months ago - such elegance and freshness.

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Adam,
The L-M Mondeuse is a World-Class Mondeuse. It shows the classic Mondeuse/herbal/rosemary/thyme character overlain w/ the MtVeeder spice & some Fr.oak. It doesn’t have the bit earthy/rustic character of Savoie Mondeuse & much more structure. It ages very well, as do most L-M reds. An outstanding expression of Mondeuse.
Tom

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Yep, I’m putting my 2nd bottle to rest for a little bit! Wish I bought more!

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Thanks for the note, I haven’t busted into my six pack yet but excited for these ones.

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I popped in of my 2020 duese from BD as well.

It was terrific. Reminds me of a high quality Australian Shiraz versus something from northern Rhone

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I drank the 2016 a couple of months ago, and thought it was fantastic. I also have a couple of the 2020s.

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Had last bottle today after being open for 24hrs and just pumped (don’t ask). Wonderfullly complex and ever-surprising, ever-evolving in glass. The tannins softer after being open that long, but in perfect balance. Just as good as last time, sad I don’t have any more. Love it!

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2020 Lagier Meredith Mondeuse - USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder (3/11/2025)
– decanted immediately before initial taste –
– tasted non-blind over 4.5 hrs. on Day 1; revisited on Day 4 –

NOSE: very ripe raspberries – immediately conjures “Paso [Robles]” in my mind; prunes; smells like it’s going to be too big for my preferences.

BODY: violet color of great depth; medium to medium-full bodied.

TASTE: tannins are firm and drying, but not harsh; some noticeable oak (but not too much); certainly ripe for a Mondeuse (labelled at 14.6% alc.); not funky; dark red fruits – red currant and dark cherry; medium acidity; falls just short of too big, and it does manage to hide its alc. well. Doesn’t bear resemblance to the lighter European versions I’ve tried, but I still like it, even though it doesn’t seem distinctive, either. DAY 4: even better now: less oak and tannins have calmed; a bit juicy; faint hint of funk (I believe brett), but very faint; hint of camphor. Mildly amazing how different it is today than on Day 1. Drink or Hold.

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