The
wines of Château Montrose, St Estèphe
Impressive recent performances from this Bordeaux second growth
SCEA
du Chateau Montrose
33180 Saint Estephe,
Bordeaux
Tel: 05 56 59 30 12
Website: www.chateau-montrose.com
Montrose’s vineyard is a single 95
hectare block on well drained gravelly land in St Estèphe, in the north of the Medoc. 21.5
hectares of this were added only as recently as 2010 with a block
purchased from neighbour to the north Thierry Gardinier of Phélan-Ségur.
After more than a century's
ownership by the Charmoule family, Montrose
sold in 2006 to current
owners, brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues.
This
tasting was a chance to taste a small vertical of the grand vin. I really
liked the 2008, which isn’t a particularly highly rated vintage.
The 1996 is also drinking brilliantly at the moment.
THE
WINES
Château Montrose 2ere Cru Classé St Estèphe
2008 Bordeaux
Beautiful ripe aromatics: sweet, broad, focused cherry and
blackberry fruit. Pure and bright. The palate is fresh, open,
mineral and quite elegant, showing lovely ripe fruit, backed up by
firm but fine structure. A beautifully elegant Montrose. 95/100
Château Montrose 2ere Cru Classé St Estèphe
2005 Bordeaux
Sweet, pure black cherry, blackberry and plum nose with some
firm, spicy, tarry notes. The palate is ripe but has a grippy,
gravelly structure. Firm but quite elegant with ripe expressive
fruit. Still taut and a bit closed. 93/100
Château Montrose 2ere Cru Classé St Estèphe
2001 Bordeaux
Elegant nose showing some spicy, subtly earthy evolution. Fine,
gravelly, expressive and a bit mineral. The palate is elegant and
quite fresh with grippy structure under the sleek, cherryish fruit.
Complex and mineral with some earthy notes. 93/100
Château Montrose 2ere Cru Classé St Estèphe
1996 Bordeaux
Warmly spicy, slightly earthy and elegant on the nose with some
evolved, savoury notes. Beautifully framed. The palate is nicely
poised with soft structure, some spice, some undergrowth and sweet
cherry fruit. There’s a bit of sweet, chalky, gravelly structure.
Drinking perfectly now. 95/100
Wines tasted 01/12
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