Chateau Montrose 2009 Cru Classe, Saint Estephe
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Chateau Montrose 2009 Cru Classe, Saint Estephe
Outstanding Classified Growth from a Highly Celebrated vintage!!
Quick Taste
- 100, 98, 97...Points
- Classic Saint Estephe Medoc
- "one of the best stars of the vintage"
- "has form and future"
- Great for Aging!
About Chateau Montrose 2009 Cru Classe, Saint Estephe
The history of Classified Growth Chateau Montrose, written in two centuries by three families of owners, marked by their quest of excellence and legendary vintages. Pioneers in the Médoc, visionary builders and wise managers, all these families knew how to work this unique terroir. The estate owes them the foundation on which Montrose builds its image today and its unique place in the world of exceptional wines.
Martin and Olivier Bouygues acquired Château Montrose in 2006. They loved its wines, and aware of the potential of its unique terroir, they appreciated the advantages and riches of the estate and decided to invest in it. Under their impetus, Montrose entered the 21st century with a spectacular rehabilitation project combining construction and renovation, traditional architecture and high-tech facilities. After seven years of works, Château Montrose has a standard-setting winery in terms of sustainable development, buildings redesigned in order to optimise the conditions for making and maturing wine and a harmonious combination of cutting-edge environmental and winemaking technology and architectural beauty.
This wine from the spectacular 2009 vintage has be universally lauded. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot
The Wine Advocate scored it 100 points saying "A brilliant wine that stands out as one of the high points of the vintage, the 2009 Montrose unwinds in the glass with a rich and incipiently complex bouquet of dark berries, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, framed by a deftly judged touch of new oak. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, it's a velvety, layered and impressively dynamic wine that's deep and concentrated, exhibiting terrific balance and a long, resonant finish. While it is still five or six years away from showing all its cards, I have drunk this benchmark for contemporary Montrose with immense pleasure three times this year. In style, it's hard to find an obvious comparison (and I have drunk Montrose back to 1895), but I would be inclined to invoke a fresher, more complete and more powerful version of the estate's very successful 2003."
Decanter Magazine scored it 98 points saying "The 2009 Montrose shows elegant, rich, well-placed fruit, full of generosity. It's silky and velvety in texture, with good freshness despite the exoticism of the fruit structure, with black pepper and garrigue edging. The tannins are still pretty biting and the acidity is higher than many in 2009. Settling in for the long haul, this is without doubt a Montrose that has form and future."
James Suckling scored this 98 points saying "For the very ripe vintage this has a herbal and wet earth nose that's very cool. Then on the palate there’s a ton of ripe cassis, polished fine tannins and a tremendous freshness powering the very long dry finish. One of the stars of the vintage that's just beginning to enter its best form. This is normally a perfect wine but perhaps not a perfect bottle? Drink or hold."
Wine Spectator scored this 97 points saying "A bit of a brute, with a very chewy bittersweet ganache, tobacco and roasted fig core splayed open right now by a dagger of roasted apple wood, allspice and cedar. Long and dense through the finish, with a strong singed iron edge. The stuffing is certainly there, but this will take a while to come together as it's running unbridled right now. Proves you can still get classic old-school Bordeaux."
Wine Enthusiast scored this 96 points saying "Enormous tannins, dominant black fruit and a solid, dense structure. The wine, packed with dark fruits, dry tannins, very firm in character. With its huge tannins as well as fruit, this is a wine that really needs many years of aging."
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 14.0%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
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