2015 CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 2ème Cru Classé Saint Estèphe, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU MONTROSE

2022 2ème Cru Classé Saint Estèphe

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

The 2022 Montrose is such a compelling wine that assigning it a bracketed score seems a mere formality. A brilliant terroir, impeccable viticulture, perfectly timed harvest dates and judicious extraction have aligned to deliver a monument in the making, reminiscent of a far purer, more precise, modern-day version of the 1990 vintage at this address. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries, cassis, violets, iris, pencil lead and cigar wrapper, it's full-bodied, deep and authoritative, its velvety attack segueing into a layered, elegantly muscular core that's framed by supple, powdery tannins, concluding with a long, resonant finish. A blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot, this only confirms Montrose's status as a de facto first growth and unquestionably one of the contemporary Médoc's very greatest estates. Rating: 99-100 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Apr 2023)


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The 2022 Montrose was picked 2 to 22 September comprising all four grape varieties and all the Cabernet Franc, with 13% pressed wine, matured in 60% new oak. There is 14.5% alcohol this year, which is less than 2018. It has an extremely pure nose with black cherries and blueberry. Quite floral in style with hints of blood orange percolating through with time. The palate is very precise with exceptional mineralité and tension. Very focused, superb concentration, with what is becoming Montrose's trademark sense of symmetry and sustained aftertaste, this could be the finest Saint-Estèphe in 2022. Drinking range: 2027 - 2052 Rating: 97-99 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2023)

The 2022 Montrose is composed of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, aging in 60% new oak. Deep garnet-purple in color, it slowly unfurls to offer a gorgeous perfume of violets, star anise, wilted roses, cumin seed, and garrigue, giving way to a core of blackcurrant pastilles, boysenberry preserves, and kirsch. The full-bodied palate is a firework display of graceful, highly nuanced fruit, featuring mineral, floral, black fruit, and red berry sparks, supported by very firm, super-ripe tannins and incredible freshness, finishing very long, vibrant, and shimmery. The yield was 31 hl/ha and the First Wine represents 50% of the 2022 production. The quality of the press wine was high this year, and 13% was included in the blend. pH 3.78, TPI 85. Drinking range: 2030 - 2067 Rating: 98-100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent (May 2023)

66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8& Cabernet Franc, 1& Petit Verdot. 14.5% alc.60% new oak. Harvest was extremely early 2 – 22 September. Before I get into the meat of this note, I must mention that this is the finest Montrose I have ever tasted at this stage of its life. It possesses the perfect ratio of gracefulness and intensity, with glorious fruit layered in seemingly endless, tempting strata of flavour. There is thrilling depth here and a pulse to this wine that is so cool, calm and collected that it defies belief. According to CEO Pierre Graffeuille, the fruit came in early, and al dente and the team believes that while it makes up only a quarter of the blend, Merlot plays a massive part in this wine because it sits on deep clay soils that did not suffer from the periods of drought. It is common knowledge that Saint-Estèphe enjoyed a superb vintage in 2022, and I believe this wine sits atop the pile. The nose is simply sensational, and the palate is so expressive and open that it is entirely counterintuitive, bearing in mind the usual reserve exhibited by this estate’s Grand Vin. After the fruit fanfare has subsided, the tannins swoop down from their eyries, and then the finish starts, and it rolls on and on. The finish is as exciting as the perfume, making this a noble, harmonious and stimulating wine that seems a distant relation to some of the belligerent and uncommunicative of years gone by. Do all you can to track 2022 Montrose down because this is a landmark vintage for Montrose. Rating: 19.5+ Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (May 2023)

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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