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MONTROSE
St Estèphe - 2004
2ème Cru Classé en 1855
Price:
60.00 €
TTC per bottle
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17.5 Drink 2015-35 A very worthy follow-up to the famous 2003 even if the style is different – excellent winemaking here at the moment. Blackish crimson and very little nose at first. Lots of sweet fruit on the front palate, then fine tannins. Sandy, not aggressive tannins. Another very gentle, round wine but with obviously more concentration and reticence than the Dame de Montrose. Relatively advanced. Neat well-mannered – quite a statement in the context of many relatively aggressive wines. Elegant and ‘just’ 12.8% alcohol. You certainly wouldn’t come across this sort of wine anywhere but Bordeaux. Relatively light at the moment but the winemaker is convinced it will put on flesh later, like the 1996s. 85-87 I was under whelmed by this wine, though others came back declaring it as one of the best wines of the vintage. My sample had a smoky nose with green pepper notes. The palate lacked harmony, was a bit raw and linear. I need to retaste this later, because my note (and that of a colleague I tasted the wine with) differs from others who praised this Montrose. Tasted April 2005. |
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Chateau Montrose is one of the Médoc's best located vineyards, set right in the heart of Saint Estèphe, sloping down from the primary ridge to the majestic Gironde. Considered one of the best of Saint Estèphe, Montrose is reputed to be the commune's cleanest and best kept cellars. Over the years it has become associated with huge, dense, powerful wines that needed several decades of cellaring to be soothing enough to drink. Montrose is prized for its classic Claret style and its persistent, rich, fruity and well structured finish. 