Chateau Montrose
30% Merlot, 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot, 8% Cabernet Franc
Bottle
£104.68
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
However, this year, the Grand Vin brushes away everything in its path with its rich, multidimensional, complex, and to be honest, glorious weight, power and fruit. I think the team were a little split on this, but this Montrose for me is more subtle and refined, and consequently far more rewarding than the dynamic duo of 2009/2010. It may also surprise us with a reasonably affordable price too. Fabulous.
Simon Staples, Asia Wine Director
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Simon Staples, Asia Wine Director
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Opaque and black-red in colour, the nose shows deep bitter chocolate and spicy red berry fruit aromas. The flavours reminded one of thickly textured, fresh savoury fruits and there was a wonderful balance of racy acidity and firm tannins. It is a superb follow-on to the 2003.
An undeniably great Montrose, after some time in wood, the 2008 should achieve the heights of the 2003, 1990, and 1989... An inky/purple color is accompanied by sweet, pure aromas of black fruits and spice. This full-bodied wine exhibits superb concentration, sweet tannin, and a multilayered, textured, full-bodied mouthfeel with no hard edges. The sweetness of the tannin, the extraordinary purity of fruit, and the intense aromatics suggest a year of great ripeness...This should be a long-lived wine (35 years), yet it will drink surprisingly well at a young age...
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Apr-2009
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
This is classic St Estèphe from the excellent millennium vintage: floral overtones are complemented by firm blackcurrant fruit and a savoury personality. This ideally needs another few years in bottle (or at least decanting a few hours before drinking) to soften its imposing tannic structure. Full of mineral complexity, this hugely impressive effort has the ability to age for decades.
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Blend: Merlot 52%, Cabernet Sauvignon 35%, Petit Verdot 11%, Cabernet Franc 2%
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(64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot)
(Jake Dean BBR Fine Wine)
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Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 68%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 7%
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Blend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
Bottle 6 x 75cl 5cs
A really attractive nose of blackberry, graphite and spice sets this wine off to a lovely start. The fruit here is attractive and ripe, not flamboyant or over the top, but really well judged given they know that this wine is likely to be drunk in the next few years. The palate is concentrated with bramble fruit, a tiny touch of the classic St Estephe roasted earth adds some complexity. With the wealth of fruit that is display it would be easy to miss the fact that the precision to the fruit is achieved by a lovely elegant acidity that leaves the wine on a fresh note and is what makes you want to come back for more.
Matthew Tipping, Fine Wine
Château Montrose is one of the leading wine properties of St.Estéphe, and produces some of the longest-lived wines in the Médoc. Montrose had been owned by Jean-Louis Charmolue from 1962 until 2006, when it was sold to Martin and Olivier Bouygues, owner of the eponymously named construction firm Bouygues, is located in the east of the appellation, just north of the hamlet of Marbuzet, on a gravel knoll only 800 metres from the Gironde estuary. The proximity of the estuary ensures a microclimate that protects against frost, and the vines, which lie on deep clay-gravel soils, benefit from a south-easterly aspect.
Montrose's wine is typically a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc and is matured in oak barriques (30% new) for 18 months.
Montrose wines are traditionally deeply coloured, austere and powerful when young, yet possess superb ageing potential, and when mature are quintessential St.Estèphe clarets. Montrose is classified as a 2ème Cru Classé.