Tasted ex-chateau and single blind in Southwold. The Belair-Monange has a very introverted bouquet with earthy black fruit, liquorice and cassis aromas. The palate is silky smooth on the entry with subsumed new oak with a supple, modern finish that slips down the throat. It has fleshed out as I predicted, although somehow it lacks a little personality. Tasted January 2012.