2013 Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

This is incredibly complex and defies the vintage. It is dark, well structured with more fine ripe tannins, a complexity then I found on most of the wines this vintage and a streak of minerality and energy and a beautiful floral aromatic note on the nose. St-Estèphe escaped the torrential rain at harvest that plagued most of the Medoc and the resulting wines are incredible. An unusual blend as it has no Cabernet Franc and the final blend is 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot.

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2013

Maturity Ready - youthful

Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (68%),Merlot (28%),Cabernet Franc (3%)

Body Full Bodied

Producer Château Montrose

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 90/100

The 2013 Montrose has an understated, lilting bouquet with blackberry and briary scents and dried rose petals, gaining more intensity as it opens over 2-3 minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin. It shows good weight in the mouth, quite linear and masculine (typical for Montrose) but there is respectable detail and mineralit coming through on the satisfying finish. Not a top tier Montrose, but then again, why would it be in this difficult vintage. It will still give pleasure over the next 12-15 years.Neil Martin - 28/10/2016

Neal Martin MW, (Oct 2016)