2023 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe 750 ml

2023

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97 - 100 pts

Jeb Dunnuck

Made from a strict selection of only the best terroirs (terrace 4) around the estate and the oldest vines, the 2023 Château Montrose is a more Cabernet Sauvignon-driven wine than normal and is based on 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc that will see 18 months in 60% new French oak. The result is a more plush, deep, opulent wine that has classic Montrose darker, almost blue fruits, violets, chocolate, and damp earth-like aromas and flavors. Deep, rich, full-bodied, and expansive on the palate, it has more richness, breadth, and concentration than just about every other wine in the vintage. The 2023 hit 13.5% natural alcohol with a pH of 3.7. It has some similarities to the 2010 (or 2016?) and might end up being the wine of the vintage.

99 - 100 pts

James Suckling

Wow. This is the essence of Montrose, with blackberry, blackcurrant, crushed stone and earth. I have not tasted a Montrose like this in 42 years of my career. It has a much more vertical nature to it, with layered tannins that go very deep and long, The muscular structure and intensity is something else. This is a new era for Montrose. It is now made from only 45 hectares of vineyards right in front of the chateau, instead of about 60 before. 75% cabernet sauvignon, 21% merlot and 4% cabernet franc.

97 - 100 pts

Wine Advocate

The 2023 Montrose is another brilliant wine from an estate that's now routinely among Bordeaux's very best, year in, year out. A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon, derived exclusively from the estate's historic core on the fourth terrace situated just in front of the château itself, it unwinds in the glass with aromas of cassis and wild berries mingled with notions of lilac, violet and pencil shavings. Full-bodied, deep and layered, with a textural attack that segues into a dense, multidimensional mid-palate framed by beautifully ripe tannins and lively acids, it concludes with a long, resonant finish. It will be worth a special effort to seek out.

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Brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues’ are at the helm of Montrose, which is the definition of a Super Second—an establishment that rivals Bordeaux’s five First Growths.

The Montrose vineyard comprises a huge chunk of land, set right up against an estuary in Saint-Estèphe. The proximity to the soothing breezes of the Gironde protects vines from frost damage in early spring and helps temper the summer heat, postponing the call to harvest, and making for a consistent, terrifically concentrated blend year in and year out.

Montrose is, as William Kelley of the Wine Advocate put it, a “de facto First Growth.” It’s a collector-worthy wine that can anchor a cellar for decades.

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2023 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe 750 ml

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