This is considered to be among the greatest vintages ever made in Montrose, right up with the 1929, 1945, 1947, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990 and 2009... The wine is opaque black/blue, with an incredible nose of blueberry and blackberry liqueur, with hints of incense, licorice, and acacia flowers. Tannins are incredibly sweet and very present. The wine is full-bodied, even massive, with great purity, depth and a finish that goes on close to a minute. This is a 50- to 75-year-old wine that will repay handsomely those with good aging genes. Robert Parker
David Kline
Warm nose of straw and rich loam, gunpowder tea, cumin, espresso grounds, ripe black cherry, toasted coffee rye, and pipe tobacco. Silky tannins stretched tight across baked black currant, bakers chocolate, cardamom, generous graphite dusted, dark toasted black rye, burnt ends, grilled date. #montrose #chateaumontrose #saintestèphe #secondgrowth #secondgrandcruclassé #1855 #grandcru #grandvin #grandvindebordeaux #deuxièmecrus
Warm nose of straw and rich loam, gunpowder tea, cumin, espresso grounds, ripe black cherry, toasted coffee rye, and pipe tobacco. Silky tannins stretched tight across baked black currant, bakers chocolate, cardamom, generous graphite dusted, dark toasted black rye, burnt ends, grilled date. #montrose #chateaumontrose #saintestèphe #secondgrowth #secondgrandcruclassé #1855 #grandcru #grandvin #grandvindebordeaux #deuxièmecrus
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The 2010 Montrose boasts a killer bouquet with beautifully delineated black fruit laced with cedar and tobacco. With time its sous-bois scents become more prominent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a little grainy in texture with fine acidity. This is a masculine and broody Saint-Estèphe that will need another decade in bottle to shave its edges. But what immense structure and density. Fantastic. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the BI Wines & Spirits 10-Year On tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2020)
The 2010 Montrose boasts a killer bouquet with beautifully delineated black fruit laced with cedar and tobacco. With time its sous-bois scents become more prominent. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a little grainy in texture with fine acidity. This is a masculine and broody Saint-Estèphe that will need another decade in bottle to shave its edges. But what immense structure and density. Fantastic. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the BI Wines & Spirits 10-Year On tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2020)
9.9Donald Patz
Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall
Big dense dynamic wine. Built to last.
Big dense dynamic wine. Built to last.
9.3Micah Pope
Tannin structure is very nice will drink great in the next 20-40 years.
Tannin structure is very nice will drink great in the next 20-40 years.
8.9Tom Kobylarz
Wine of the year for me in 2014 so far! Fantastic balance, superb concentration, long and elegant on the finish.
Wine of the year for me in 2014 so far! Fantastic balance, superb concentration, long and elegant on the finish.
10Andrew D Hendry
Nose: flowers, black fruit Flavor: bitter (not decanted long enough?), black fruit, dry,
Nose: flowers, black fruit Flavor: bitter (not decanted long enough?), black fruit, dry,
8.5Tomo F
Year when we bought our home and moved to NJ. Opening now as we just left NJ for TX. Still young and required a bit of time to open up. Dark berries, tobacco, pencil, wet leaves, plum. Long finish.
Year when we bought our home and moved to NJ. Opening now as we just left NJ for TX. Still young and required a bit of time to open up. Dark berries, tobacco, pencil, wet leaves, plum. Long finish.
9.8Gabby
Bordeaux - coffee/ chocolate, spice, oak, mid tannins. Had at Sook Mun’s place but I feel I was already drunk. Had with really good Wagyu and American steak
Bordeaux - coffee/ chocolate, spice, oak, mid tannins. Had at Sook Mun’s place but I feel I was already drunk. Had with really good Wagyu and American steak
9.5Timothy Lynch
Given the wine’s highly rated professional scores I was expecting a tad more complexity and stuffing from this significant Second Growth. (Would love to be around when this Montrose really begins to sing. Sadly I won’t.)
Given the wine’s highly rated professional scores I was expecting a tad more complexity and stuffing from this significant Second Growth. (Would love to be around when this Montrose really begins to sing. Sadly I won’t.)
9.0Stanislav Lobanov
17.5/20 (94/100) Насыщенный аромат с нотами спелых ягод черники и чёрной смородины, тонами графита, ментола, кедра и шоколада. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, мягкими и обволакивающими танинами. Спелые чёрные ягоды, ментол, шоколад и ваниль во вкусе. В принципе, 2010 уже сейчас можно с удовольствием пить, но вино явно имеет потенциал. #dfwe2018
17.5/20 (94/100) Насыщенный аромат с нотами спелых ягод черники и чёрной смородины, тонами графита, ментола, кедра и шоколада. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, мягкими и обволакивающими танинами. Спелые чёрные ягоды, ментол, шоколад и ваниль во вкусе. В принципе, 2010 уже сейчас можно с удовольствием пить, но вино явно имеет потенциал. #dfwe2018
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