CHÂTEAU MONTROSE

2010 2ème Cru Classé Saint Estèphe

Grapes Petit Verdot, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Saint Estèphe
Classification 2ème Cru Classé
ABV 14%

Massive, black, serious, good acidity; really dense and powerful. Black fruit expression, cassis and black plum, and intense too - the acidity making it almost frighteningly powerful and long. The focus and sheer size are impressive - again the idea of the teetering balance of extract and acidity of 1996 comes to mind, and again the progress made in tannin management (or perhaps it's just the ripeness this year) makes one realise this is another level of suppleness and sophistication. Rating: 96 L&S (Apr 2011)


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The 2010 Montrose is insanely beautiful. A vivid, eternal wine, the 2010 dazzles right out of the gate with its explosive energy. Soaring floral and mineral notes are immediately captivating on the bouquet. All that carries through to the palate, where the wine is dense and expansive. Readers lucky enough to own it should be thrilled. This really benefits from aeration. What a wine! Drinking range: 2025 - 2060 Rating: 100 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2023)

Still extremely young, feels significantly more closed than the 1996, with a greater emphasis on spicy black pepper and cassis, and still firm tannins. You feel the tannins pressing in on the close of play, whereas in the 1996 the tannins are now like spun silk, fully integrated. I last tasted this wine two years ago, and it is clearly starting to move into the next phase now after a stubborn beginning, coming out of itself and showing the finesse and the elegance of the vintage. The tobacco and crushed mint leaf notes emerge after five minutes of swirling and sniffing, and this has a long future ahead and is packed with appellation typicity. Harvest September 22 to October 7. First year in the new stainless steel vat room with bigger capacity and smaller sized vats covering 50hl, 80hl, 100hl, with just a few 200hl vats for the blend (previously entirely 200hl wooden vats). Drinking range: 2021 - 2045 Rating: 98 Jane Anson, Decanter (Sept 2021)

The 2010 Montrose has an outstanding bouquet with graphite infused black fruit, cedar and tobacco, extremely well focused and seeming to gain intensity in the glass. The palate is beautifully balanced with perfect acidity, gentle grip, bestowed with an unerring symmetry. It is endowed with fine body and it fans out wonderfully on the persistent finish. Outstanding. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal. Drinking range: 2025 - 2065 Rating: 98 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2020)

Château Montrose

St Estèphe Deuxième cru 1855 Wine production St Estèphe developed much later than further south in the Haut-Médoc - indeed, the vineyards of Château Montrose were not planted until 1815, when it was then part of the Calon-Ségur estate. Only 40 years later, not only had Montrose seperated from its parent, it had surpassed it, being one of only two St Estèphe estates to be awarded 2nd Growth status in the 1855 classification. Montrose sits nearer the river than Cos d'Estournel on classic Haut-Médoc gravel soil - the last outcrop as you head north. The 65ha of vines are 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The Grand Vin spends 18 months in wood (70% new). A second wine was introduced in 1983 - La Dame de Montrose - aged in wood for 12 months (20% new). Montrose is a noted performer in weaker vintages, possibly because of a generous micro-climate which allows slightly earlier picking than most of the Haut-Médoc. The wines age brilliantly.

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