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Tasting Notes

Tasting notes
FINE+RARE, Apr 2015

Clean, cool and pure on the nose. And not a little closed. A touch of creamy fruit. And follows in the mouth with cool, pure, concentrated fruit. Blackcurrants. All here and very impressive.

Critic Scores

Critic scores
92
92/100

Average Score

92
90-93/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

18
18/20

Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com

More reviews and scores

17.5 points
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Score 17.5/20 · Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com, Feb 2024

Tasted blind. Deep ruby and youthful in colour. Refined, stony mineral aroma with lots of elegant black fruit. Lovely wine with firm tannic structure and excellent balance.

94 points
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Score 94/100 · Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux, Oct 2023

2023 Top Value Wine of the Year - Intense, smoky, plenty of black fruit, who doesn't love this 2nd wine of Château Montrose? It's a vintage that is often overlooked, particularly after the run of great years Bordeaux has had recently, but it's at a great moment to open right now, and delivers a ton of St Estèphe and Left Bank typicity, with crayon and graphite. Harvest September 22 to October 16.

91 points
Jane Anson, Decanter
Score 91/100 · Jane Anson, Decanter, May 2018

One of the second wines of the vintage for me at en primeur, this has held up well. It's still fairly closed - in fact, even more so than when originally tasted - and it's not yet showing its full potential, although you can see and feel the construction in the slow build-up through the palate. Bilberry and cassis are joined by notes of charcoal and black spice, with good persistence on the finish. Since it takes its time to open, leave it be for a few more years.

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Château Montrose - producer
Montrose

Château Montrose, is one of two Second Growths from Saint-Estèphe and one of the most consistent producers in the whole of Bordeaux. The wines of Château Montrose are both elegant and powerful and some of the longest living in the Médoc.

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Wine

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Still wine

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