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2012 Château Montrose
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- St. Estèphe
Community Tasting Notes 77
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Zweder Likes this wine: 93 points
April 13, 2024 - An easy afternoon with close friends (@ PdV): This bottle was given some more air time compared the one of my previous note and it was bought in another shop. The bouquet showed dark berries, smoke and was a bit rustic. On the palate dark fruits, still very reticent and youthful, firm acidity and tannin. My guess is that the wine will develop for the better over the next 10 - 15+ years. 93++
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Zweder Likes this wine: 93 points
April 13, 2024 - An easy afternoon with close friends (@ PdV): Dark berries and smoke in the bouquet. On the palate juicy dark berries, firm but good acidity and tannin and some bitterness, a slight touch of sweetness. Beautiful wine but still quite locked. (Later in the line-up of today the same wine again from another source; both wines tasted blind.) 93+
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The_Cat wrote: 93 points
April 12, 2024 - Deep purple garnet red rims. Intense seducing blackberry blueberry elderberry some notes of pencil and leather. Full bodied with perfect balanced tannins and excellent length
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King_Arthur Likes this wine: 92 points
March 17, 2024 - A year ago I thought I have to wait for 1-2 years, and I was right. Better today, even after only short decant. Will develop further, still many green notes but also durker fruit. Great in mouth, powerful.
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Fatty Cat wrote: 91 points
March 2, 2024 - 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; intense nose of red and dark berries; started reductive and restrained on the palate; opened up after approx. 30 minutes; soft juicy text texture; slightly tannic. 90-91+?/100
Vintages of flight I:
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/5/2022 (link)(Ch Montrose St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Sebastian Payne MW
Bordeaux 2012: ten years on tasting, 3/3/2022 (link)(Château Montrose, Cabernet Sauvignon, St-Estèphe, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
March 2022, 3/1/2022 (link)(Château Montrose St Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/10/2022 (link)(Ch Montrose St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JebDunnuck.com
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Washington Versus Bordeaux, 1/10/2018 (link)(Montrose) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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December 2016, Issue #54 (link)
(Château Montrose 2ème Cru (13% Abv)) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
November 2016, 11/1/2016 (link)(Château Montrose St Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/21/2016 (link)(Ch Montrose St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Antonio Galloni
2012 Bordeaux: Messages in a Bottle (Jan 2016), 1/1/2016 (link)(Montrose Montrose) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/15/2015 (link)(Ch Montrose St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By Jane Anson
Jane Anson's top six Chateau Montrose wines, 4/7/2015 (link)(Château Montrose, St-Estèphe, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Steven Spurrier
Bordeaux 2012 results: Saint-Estèphe, 4/19/2013 (link)(Château Montrose, St-Estèphe, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/10/2013 (link)(Ch Montrose St-Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Ian D'Agata
April 2013, IWC Issue #168 (link)(Chateau Montrose Saint Estephe) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
April 2013, 4/1/2013 (link)(Château Montrose St Estèphe Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2013, Issue #44, The 2012 Bordeaux Vintage: A Very Inconsistent, But Classically-Proportioned Year(Château Montrose) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Neal Martin
A Century of Bordeaux: The Twos (Sep 2022) (link)(Montrose Montrose Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Château Montrose
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation St. Estèphe
- UPC Codes 031259043678, 3176481016773, 3258691277783, 3258691467016, 3300037300867, 3364420050364, 3394150041448, 355087120253, 3609050495810, 3700266221894, 370027465442, 3700651902117, 400000987569, 616773413604, 714153161319
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 129 (3%)
- In Cellars 3,261 (81%)
- Consumed 629 (16%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Perfect with steaksWho Likes This Wine
95% Like It 44 votes
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationSt. Estèphe
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