2014 Château Montrose, St Estèphe, Bordeaux

Description

A dark black-red, Montrose is brooding in the glass. Complex and concentrated on the nose, there are blackcurrants, liquorice and hints of mint. There is a nice intensity on the palate, quite firm, full-bodied and full of minerals and spice. Perhaps more refined than usual, the wine is really rewarding and quite generous with notes of fleshy dark cherry and blackcurrants. There is an inherent richness here, a lovely dark fruit profile and pure, focused tannins which are typical of this great estate. This is a really fine effort, engaging, atypical of the great commune of St Estèphe and one of our favourites from the vintage. Modern and pure, it is a perfect expression of modern Ch. Montrose.

30% Merlot, 61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Petit Verdot, 8% Cabernet Franc

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2014

Maturity Not ready

Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (61%),Merlot (30%),Cabernet Franc (8%),Petit Verdot (1%)

Body Full Bodied

Producer Château Montrose

Critics reviews

18.5/20

Dense, irony Cabernet nose and deep chalky fruit typical of Montrose. Rich but with clarity and precision, robust yet elegant – one for the long term.

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Neal Martin MW 96/100

Tasted at the chteau, the 2014 Montrose builds on the promise it showed in barrel with gorgeous blackberry, raspberry, cedar and orange sorbet scents that are extremely pure and refined. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very precise acidity and layers of crisp black fruit laced with vanilla from the new oak at the moment. That will be subsumed in time. What you have here is a very precise, multi-layered, almost sensual Montrose that is going to delight many for years to come. This is highly recommendedone of the finest Left Bank wines this vintage. Tasted September 2016.Neil Martin - 31/03/2017

Neal Martin MW, (Mar 2017)