Chateau Montrose - St Estephe 2010

Name: Chateau Montrose - St Estephe 2010
Brand: AlbertWines2u
SKU: AWS203012
Price: 1908.00 MYR
Availability: InStock

RM1,908.00

SKU: AWS203012

Château Montrose, a revered estate situated in the heart of Bordeaux's esteemed Saint-Estèphe appellation, epitomizes the essence of Bordeaux winemaking tradition. With a history dating back over two centuries, this classified Second Growth estate has consistently produced wines of exceptional quality and distinction. Nestled on gravelly soils along the Gironde estuary, Montrose's vineyards yield grapes that reflect the unique terroir of Saint-Estèphe, resulting in wines celebrated for their power, structure, and longevity. Embracing both tradition and innovation, Château Montrose continues to captivate wine enthusiasts with its exceptional wines, each bottle a testament to the estate's enduring legacy and unwavering pursuit of excellence.

Description

This is considered to be among the greatest vintages ever made in Montrose, right up with the 1929, 1945, 1947, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990 and 2009. Harvest was October 15 to 17. The wine has really come on since I last tasted it, and it needs at least another 10 years of cellaring. The blend was 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The wine is opaque black/blue, with an incredible nose of blueberry and blackberry liqueur, with hints of incense, licorice, and acacia flowers. Tannins are incredibly sweet and very present. The wine is full-bodied, even massive, with great purity, depth and a finish that goes on close to a minute. This is a 50- to 75-year-old wine that will repay handsomely those with good aging genes.

Deep, almost opaque in color, it has a tightly wound, arresting nose of blackberry, bilberry, crushed violets and graphite all with quite brilliant delineation. The palate is medium rather than full-bodied, laden with plenty of fruit, grippy like many 2010s with a structured, masculine and tannic finish that wards you away for another 10-15 years. However, it is still possible to admire the purity and delineation of this long-term Montrose, a wine that comes with a compulsory cellaring. Patience will be handsomely rewarded.

Robert Parker: 100Pts; Vinous: 99Pts; Decanter: 98Pts; Wine Spectator: 97Pts; James Suckling: 97Pts; Wine Enthusiast: 96Pts

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More About The Bottle

Alcohol Level: 14.00%

Size: 750ml

Brand: Chateau Montrose

Country:France

Family: Red Wine

Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot

Vintage: 2010

Region: Bordeaux

Product Details

Alcohol Level: 14.00%

Size: 750ml

Brand: Chateau Montrose

Country:France

Family: Red Wine

Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot

Vintage: 2010

Region: Bordeaux

Tasting Notes

Full-bodied

Blackberry

Oaky

Earthy

Chocolate

About the Brand

The story of Montrose (2nd Grand Cru Classe in 1855) written by three families of owners over two centuries, is a reflection of their spirit, marked by their pursuit of excellence and by legendary vintages. As pioneers in the Medoc, visionary builders and astute managers, they tended and got the best out of its unique terroir. It is they who laid the foundations to which Montrose now owes its image and its unique place in the world of great wines.
Blessed with undisputed natural assets combined with advantages nurtured over the centuries, Chateau Montrose has one of the region’s most privileged winegrowing terroirs. The 95-hectares (234-acres) vineyard surrounds the chateau, the winery and the outbuildings in a single continuous sweep, an exceptional and historically very rare feature. As well as making the vineyard easier to work, this unity means that it can be treated as a single entity, providing ideal conditions for efficient organisation and for monitoring the condition of each parcel.
The Montrose terroir corresponds to what geologists call “elite cores”. Over millions of years, a complex process of geological layering resulted in the creation of outcrops, ideal for making fine wines and ensuring natural drainage towards the estuary. The result of rigorous selection at each stage of production, in both the vineyard and the winery, this great, predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon wine is typical of the Saint-Estephe appellation. Structured and tannic but with all the elegance and refinement of a Grand Cru Classe, with time it develops a delicate and complex bouquet.

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Chateau Montrose - St Estephe 2010