1996 Château Montrose

Community Tasting Notes (384) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  5/15/2024 - mikita77 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Eight years after tasting my first bottle. Not much has changed. No signs of tiredness, but at the same time there is nothing lush and generous about 96 Montrose. It is a bit stiff, with all the qualities of a bery good mature bordeaux. Like great lovemaking, but without the love.

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  5/13/2024 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points

  Quite evolved, both in terms of colour and aromatics on the nose: Spice box, cedar, leather, graphite, some earthy, mushroomy notes. On the palate not a lot of fruit - the acidity was quite pronounced and the tannins still rather firm and somewhat drying. Good length. Based on this bottle I would recommend to drink up. 91-93

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  3/3/2024 - cypra Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Touch of brick red, nose ripe plum and blue berries, herbs, cedar, a little bit of smoke of wood. Very balanced and integraterd. Long finish. I expect not no further improvement, but still a long life a head.

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  3/2/2024 - Fatty Cat wrote: 95 Points

  Early Mar 2024, Rheingau Gourmet Festival, rarity diner “25 vintages of Chateau Montrose”: according to the sommelier double decanted for up to 3 hours; deep crimson color; rich bouquet of coffee, cherries, and herbs; open and round, ethereal like texture; medium/light body.
  
  Vintages of flight II:
  1975 - 1986 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1994 - 1996

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  2/24/2024 - MC wrote:

  Decanted an hour before dinner and enjoyed over 3 hours. Perfect cork. Fruit soars from the decanter at open. Dark blue fruit, great secondaries on the nose. On the palate this is ripe and expansive, really enjoyable with and without fruit. If there were the smallest nit it would be a very slight drying on the finish but nothing to complain about. I think I would be drinking this now because the fruit is in such a good place but should hold. A-

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