92-94  Vinous
Review Date: 01/2017
(aging in 100% new oak, like the following grand crus): Deep red-ruby. Captivating floral lift to the fruit-driven aromas of black cherry and dark raspberry. Densely packed and energetic, with a subtle saline character adding interest to the intense flavors of black raspberry and licorice. These millerandé century-old vines yielded just 30 hectoliters per hectare in 2015. A bit youthfully closed today, with strong acidity and saline minerality extending the finish and leaving the salivary glands humming. (ST)

93  John Gilman
Review Date: 01/2017
The 2015 Domaine Noëllat version of les Beaux Monts is excellent. The nose offers up a refined aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, venison, raw cocoa, woodsmoke, dark soil tones and a base of toasty new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and very nicely balanced, with fine-grained tannins, very good focus and grip and a long, soildriven and plush finish. This is very 1990-like in style. 2023-2060.

90-93 Burghound
Review Date: 01/2017
Once again mild reduction is present along with just enough wood to notice. The seductively textured and middle-driven medium-bodied flavors are at once supple yet tension-filled, all wrapped in a gorgeously complex, balanced and lingering finale. This is a classically styled Beaux Monts that is also excellent.