Château Montrose 2020

IN BOND

DELIVERY 2023

Appellation - St Estèphe

Owner - Martin and Olivier Bouygues

60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 2% petit Verdot and 6% Cabernet Franc

Second wines – La Dame de Montrose

Annual production – 450,000 bottles

TASTING NOTES

"A serious wall of blueberry and blackberry compote, and a ton of savoury Cabernet sinew and freshness. This is a great Montrose, inky, broad-shouldered and structured. It needs time to aerate and open in the glass, then you see the precision, the heft, the chiselling of the fruits with a ton of graphite, cigar box and campfire smoke - huge persistency. This will need a long time and will reward patience. One of the few where a 1986, 2016 and 2010 comparison makes sense. A yield around 30hl/ha. 1% Petit Verdot, 3.86pH, IPT 80. 45% of the overall production."
Drinking Window 2029 - 2050
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, May 2021
98/100