Château Montrose

La Dame de Montrose, St Estèphe, 2014

Name: La Dame de Montrose, St Estèphe
Brand: Château Montrose
Price: 461.87 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

89/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

87/100

The Wine Independent

89/100

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2014
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

We are huge fans of what Hervé Berland is doing at Montrose. The northern Medoc enjoyed the best of the conditions in 2014. Dame de Montrose has certainly exceeded our initial expectations. This is full of graphite and cassis. Very classic and Médocain with hints of flowers and pure ripe berries. The palate is refined and serious with layers of bittersweet fruit and minerals, culminating in a finish of refinement and class. A really outstanding and serious second wine.

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Critic Reviews

89/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2014 La Dame de Montrose is more precocious than Lafon-Rochet on the nose, with hints of dried cherries and black olive compote infusing the black fruit, touches of humidor and red brick. The palate is medium-bodied with dusky black fruit, fine tannins and a little austerity towards the finish, though at least it does exude Saint-Estèphe DNA. Give it a year in bottle. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.

drinking window 2025 - 2040

date of review 03/2024

87/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2014 La Dame de Montrose is medium to deep garnet in color. Notes of leather sofa, cigar box, and dusty soil lead to a core of black cherry preserves and Christmas cake plus a hint of lavender oil. The medium-bodied palate is lively and ready to drink, offering lightly chewy tannins and a savory finish.

drinking window 2022 - 2032

date of review 03/2024

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Intense, smoky, plenty of black fruit, who doesn't love this 2nd wine of Château Montrose? It's a vintage that is often overlooked, particularly after the run of great years Bordeaux has had recently, but it's at a great moment to open right now, and delivers a ton of St Estèphe and Left Bank typicity, with crayon and graphite. Harvest September 22 to October 16.

drinking window 2023 - 2034

date of review 12/2023

89/100

Neal Martin,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2014 La Dame de Montrose lagged a long way behind the superlative Grand Vin at primeur, but has since made up some ground. Now in bottle, it has a nicely poised bouquet with red cherries, bilberry and crushed violets. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, tightly wound and linear, a conservative La Dame de Montrose that I suspect will age better than I originally thought.

drinking window 2019 - 2032

date of review 03/2017

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