Château Montrose 2022
Saint-Estèphe AOC 2ème Grand Cru Classé
Wine Advocate finished its enthusiastic 99-100pt review: this "confirms Montrose's status as a de facto first growth". Decanter awarded it 98 points, declaring it "a great Montrose, inky, broad-shouldered and structured". A vintage not to be missed.
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Red Wine Details
- Red - Medium to Full Bodied
- Fine wine
France
- Deep purple crimson
- Cabernet-based blend
- 10.12 Units
- 13.49% ABV
- 31 December 2052
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Full-bodied, velvety, with a firm muscular structure, deep fruit
Aroma
Blackcurrant, dark berries, floral notes, pencil lead, cigar wrapper
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Red Wine
Montrose is one of the very top estates of Saint-Estèphe, boasting some of the Haut-Médoc's longest-lived wines. Its history goes back centuries and it was once a part of Calon-Ségur. However, it was split off due its unique hillside, gravel terroir. It takes its name from the fact that this hill, covered once in heather, used to turn a lovely pink (rose in French) and so became know as 'le mont rose'. Its current owners, the Bouygues family, bought it in 2006 and have since accomplished considerable renovation to increase its quality and environmental credentials. The brothers also brought in leading consultant Jean-Bernard Delmas. Ageing in 60% new French oak for 18 months increases the power and depth of this "compelling" (WA) claret.
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"Confirms Montrose's status as a de facto first growth; one of the contemporary Médoc's very greatest"
William Kelley