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

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.

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Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe is the northernmost of the most important communes of the Médoc, bordering Pauillac on its southernmost border, with only a gully and stream separating it from Ch. Lafite Rothschild. The wines can appear austere in youth, but the best typically display good depth of colour, pronounced acidity and tannins in youth, and are exceptionally long-lived. At their best, they are the equal of almost any Bordeaux.

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