Chateau Bellisle Mondotte , Saint Emilion Grand Cru, 2009

If you're anything like me, the thought of keeping anything for 15 years is laughable.

I just about manage to hold onto my passport for 10.

So when this came along, giving us an opportunity to taste an immaculately aged St Emilion Grand Cru from 2009, without having to DO ANYTHING, we were blown away.

Château Bellisle Mondotte is an organic estate winery in Saint-Laurent-des-Combes, to the south-east of the commune of St-Émilion in the Saint-Émilion AOC region on the right bank of the Bordeaux region.

Jean-Marie Bouldy (whose own estate is Château Bellegrave à Pomerol) has been looking after the vineyard and winemaking at Bellisle Mondotte since 1987. He elevated the quality of the wine to the level of a St-Émilion cru classé.