chateau montrose 2eme cru classe st estephe

Château Montrose

Château Montrose, 2ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe, 2024

Name: Château Montrose, 2ème Cru Classé, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Montrose
Price: 383 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

94-96/100

Vinous

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2024
12x37.5cl
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£522.00
2024
3x75cl
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£259.00
2024
6x75cl
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£507.00
2024
3x1.5L
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£517.00
2024
1x3L
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£383.00
2024
1x6L
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£736.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Montrose 2024 unfurls with classical, Cabernet aromas of violets and stones, leading to dark blackberries, kirsch, and plum, with suggestions of scorched earth and cedar. This is very enticing and precise, segueing neatly to a powerful, muscular palate, packed with layers of ripe cassis mixed with black cherry and cocoa nibs, hints of cherry pip mingled with sage and rosemary, lifted by a touch of violet. There’s a real verve to the fruit: pure, seductive and tingling with energy, with a creamy note weaved throughout. As one would expect from this high flying super second, the tannic framework is superb, providing a detailed finale of pure brambles fruit, sous bois, and an intriguing scent of tilled damp earth. Whilst this doesn’t possess the scale of blockbuster years like 2022, it is mighty impressive an immaculately constructed example that will be a treat to come back to over the next twenty years.

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Critic Reviews

94-96/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 Montrose has a little more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend due to the yields in various parcels. It was picked between September 23 and October 7 and matured in 60% new oak. The well-defined and very able nose demonstrates classicism, fine delineation and a little more florality than the Terrasse III. The palate is medium-bodied with very finely chiselled tannins and a keen line of acidity. This symmetrical Saint-Estèphe is blessed with an elegant, sapid and reassuringly precise finish that the estate seems to have honed in the last few years. It does not have the unbridled ambition of, say, the 2020 Montrose, but it is exceptionally well crafted and will become a fine Saint-Estèphe.

drinking window 2032 - 2058

date of review 05/2025

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Beautifully deep colour, this shows chalk, violet flowers, peony, fragrant and enticing floral profile compared to so many in the vintage, this is excellent, cocoa bean, cassis, depth, layers and concentration - one of the wines of the vintage. 15% press wine, a little more than usual. Harvest 23 September to 8 October, Pierre Grafeuille estate director.

drinking window 2032 - 2050

date of review 04/2025

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