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Chateau Montrose, 2005 Red Wine

St Estephe 2me Cru Classe

Bottle size: 75cl

ABV: 12%

Price:

$197.48 USD

Out of stock

Description

2005 Chateau Montrose

Reviews
97/100 Neal Martin, Vinous Table (vinous.com), July 2018
The 2005 Montrose replicated previous showings of that formidable wine. The bouquet is backward and here exuding more black fruit than previous bottles, rendering it more akin to the 2010 Montrose. With aeration those telltale scents of pencil lead emerge, although this bottle shows a touch more brine. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannin, a Montrose with huge backbone, solid to the point of being obdurate. Yet that would be overlooking the poise and delineation of this Montrose, the manner in which it gathers momentum towards the grippy finish. It is a truly great 2005 Bordeaux but it deserves a couple of decades in bottle. Tasted blind at "Philip's Belated February Christmas Lunch." 2025 - 2065

The 2005 Montrose has a saturated purple colour. As backward as one would expect of a St.-Estèphe, it offers notes of sweet blackcurrant and black cherry fruit, earth, graphite and spice. It is medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic, and still a decade away from prime-time drinkability. This 30+ year wine is clearly outstanding, but not one of the vintage’s most prodigious efforts. Drink 2025 - 2035.
Score: 94+ Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (219), June 2015

Condition

Excellent

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