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Body: full-bodied. Like most red wines from ; 13% alcohol.
Tannin: firm. Aged in oak.
Sweetness: dry. Red wine from is almost always dry.
Acidity: medium. The temperate climate of Médoc.
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Log inLa Dame de Montrose, made to the same exacting standards as the Ferieste wine, from grapes grown in the same vineyard, is the estate’s second label. The supple and silky Merlot generally dominates the varietal mix. The very pronounced aromas and flavours of red fruit reflect another expression of the terroir in a distinctive style. Consistently reliable and quicker to mature, the wine was created in 1983 as a tribute to Yvonne Charmolüe, who ran Château Montrose single-handedly from 1944 to 1960. Production varies from year to year but accounts for an average of 40-45% of the total production of the Montrose vineyard. Aged for 12 months in 30% new French oak barrels.
The 2021 La Dame de Montrose is a blend of 53% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. La Dame is the 2nd wine of Chateau Montrose and this one has a perfumed, floral and pure bouquet with black cherries, blueberries and violets. On the palate the wine is well balanced with a more opulent texture compared to its fellow Saint Estèphes thanks to the opulent Merlot at the heart of this wine. It has commendable energy and is already very approachable and does not need decades in the cellar to come into its own.
FACT: It is worth mentioning that we buy the (Bordeaux) wines directly and never through the middleman because then we do not know which journeys the wine has made and how it has been treated. The wines come from the cellars of the Chateau directly to our conditioned Warehouse in Dordrecht where all our wines are stored. If you come to pick up the wine, you often also get a nice discount.
RP (88-90)
Representing some 40% of the estate's production, the 2021 La Dame de Montrose offers up aromas of sweet berries, black truffle and burning embers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless and elegant palate that's pure and precise. It's a fine effort that will likely take on additional depth with élevage.
This large estate overlooking the Gironde in Saint-Estèphe produces some of Bordeaux's greatest and longest-lived wines, and the last 15 or so years have seen it benefit from sustained investment. There's a brand-new winery and cellars, of course, but there's a lot of work going on in the vineyards too. When Olivier and Martin Bouygues acquired Château Montrose from the Charmolüe family in 2006, the estate included fully 17 hectares of pre-clonal vines dating back to the early 20th century, and a massale selection program has since identified 80 viable individuals, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon, for use when replanting (the same efforts are currently being lavished on Merlot, drawing on a block behind the château acquired from Phélan-Ségur). Now cover crops are being trialed, and the soils are being cultivated more superficially to avoid disrupting the microbiome. Winemaking is rather classical, with maturation in some 60% new oak. In 2021, the estate's first year in organic conversion, technical director Vincent Decup opted for three-week macerations and paid particular attention to the quality of press wine included in the blend.
Published: Apr 29, 2022
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2021 La Dame de Montrose
(90-92)
Drinking Window
2026 - 2036
From: 2021 Bordeaux En Primeur: Back to Classicism (May 2022)
The 2021 La Dame de Montrose offers lovely immediacy in a plump, juicy style that will offer plenty of near and medium-term appeal. Technical Director Vincent Decup chose gentler extractions, which comes through in the wine's forward, supple personality. Press wines were blended back later to add structure. In 2021 La Dame is not terribly complex, but it is absolutely delicious.
- By Antonio Galloni on April 2022
2020 La Dame de Montrose
94
Drinking Window
2025 - 2035
From: Bordeaux 2020: Saving the Best for Last (Feb 2023)
The 2020 La Dame de Montrose is fabulous. Rich, dense and expansive, the 2020 offers notable vibrancy and a good bit of energy too. Bright acids cut through a core of red/purplish fruit in what is an intense, wonderfully saline Dame. The 2020 finishes with remarkable elegance and sophistication.
- By Antonio Galloni on December 2022
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Château Montrose is one of the most prestigious Médoc chateaus. Especially since the wealthy brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues bought the chateau in 2006 and started a rigorous 'makeover'. They tackled absolutely everything from vineyard to cellar. The team is also being strengthened, including with Hervé Berland, who says goodbye to his position as director at Château Mouton-Rothschild to lead this ambitious project. Quality has skyrocketed ever since and the last few vintages Château Montrose has consistently been among the very best wines in Bordeaux; a great achievement! Part of the major quality improvement is a 'parcelic' approach, in which the vineyard is divided into small pieces, each of which is assessed, vinified and raised separately. The selection options have increased enormously as a result. Such that, in addition to a first and second wine, a third wine has also seen the light.
Chateau Montrose makes powerful wines that have a long life ahead of them. Although very tannic, the elegance and especially intensity is memorable. This one of the very best St. Estèphe wines has the 2nd Grand Cru Class status but could easily compete in the highest 1st Cru class. Since the 1989 harvest, followed by a 100-point score by Robert Parker in 1990, Montrose has earned a worldwide reputation and ranks among the greatest Bordeaux.
La Dame de Montrose 2021 toont een geparfumeerd, bloemig geurpalet met zwarte kersen, bosbessen en viooltjes, een soepele, zijdezachte Merlotkern en een elegante structuur met subtiele toast van 12 maanden Frans eiken. Daardoor werkt de wijn zo goed bij rundvlees, lam, kaas en stoofschotels: de rijpe zwarte vruchten en zachte tannines vullen de rijke umami van geroosterd of gegrild vlees aan, terwijl voldoende energie en zuren vetten en zoute kazen in balans houden. Extra geslaagd worden de combinaties met langzaam gestoofd rundvlees of lam met kruiden, een geroosterde lamsbout of sappige gegrilde entrecote en bij rijpere harde kazen zoals Comté of oude Gouda.
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