Château La Mondotte 2016

Barrel Tasting. This is a towering display of purity, with unadulterated cassis and raspberry fruit coursing along live-wire acidity while light chalk, anise and black tea notes fill in. Has serious grip, but it’s buried in that jaw-dropping core of fruit. And this has minerality to burn. A stunner. Score – 97-100. (James Molesworth, winespectator.com)