2022 Château Montrose Saint-Estèphe Grand Cru Classé

The 2022 vintage will experience a relatively mild winter with water shortages over the first three months of the year. May and June were dry months, despite a hailstorm at the end of June, which had a limited impact on the vineyard. The beginning of the summer remains extremely dry, with temperatures above average and 4 major heat waves between June and August. The first glass berries appear on July 30th. Based on the experience of the 2018 vintage, which was particularly dry and sunny in Bordeaux, the team is working to set the start date of the harvest as precisely as possible. The peak ripeness of the Merlots is indeed limited and is essential to maintain a certain freshness and tension in the wines. The Cabernet, on the other hand, has the ability to withstand greater extremes of conditions, especially on the Montrose terroir. On September 2nd, the first Merlots were picked, the Cabernets then followed one by one, the others perfectly and the harvest ended on September 22nd with the vineyard in perfect sanitary condition. The grapes are naturally rich and concentration is judged.
2022 certainly marks the decade with a radiant vintage allowing the full power and resilience of Montrose terroir to be expressed.

The Montrose 2022 is a blend of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The first nose is surprisingly open, intense, complex and frank. We find subtle aromas of jasmine and Morello cherries. On the breath, mentholated, pomaded notes emerge, followed by aromas of blond tobacco, spices (pepper), baskets of red fruits (blackberries). On the palate, the attack is frank, fresh and invigorating. The mouth widens very quickly in the middle and becomes soft and salty. The tannin structure is powerful but wrapped in a velvet glove. The persistent finish does not diminish in intensity and tirelessly plays the same precise, single score. The Vintage 2022 is the expression of the lively energy of Montrose that is harmoniously tamed.

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