Community Tasting Notes 8

• Fatty Cat wrote: 94 points

  March 2, 2024 - Early Mar 2024, Rheingau Gourmet Festival, rarity diner “25 vintages of Chateau Montrose”: bottle immediately opened before consumption; clear dark red color; bouquet of lovage, sage, and thyme supported by slight cherry and cassis aromas; soft, with a juicy sweet acidity on the palate. 93-94/100
  
  Best vintage of flight III.
  
  Vintages of flight III:
  1952 - 1953 - 1966 - 1976 - 1979 - 1981

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• Hugo Hilde Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 1, 2024 - Bordeaux + Napa pirates (Tøyen, Oslo): The nose gave away its age, dominated by volatile acidity, though with time an appealing saffron note grew.
  
  Completely transparent in colour, fully resolved tannins, very high acidity which makes it a bit thin. With air, however, it puts on weight with hip, raspberry and a growing intensity through the long finish.
  After a few hours in the glass, this showed really well, what an experience!

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• maaike2 wrote: 96 points

  May 13, 2022 - Cork intact, but in the bottle!. Alll that you want is in it. Beautiful with freshness and tobacco, earthiness. My third bottle 53 Montrose, never disappointing.

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• FransS wrote: 96 points

  December 10, 2019 - A dinner for three (De Bokkedoorns, Overveen, The Netherlands): Not the first Montrose '53 I have tasted, but certainly the best one; mid shoulder level. A sound colour, no decay in the bouquet, a sweet accent in the start, than minerals (iron, tea). The midtaste started a bit narrow, as Peter Bruins noted also, but developed quite quickly with more complexity and also minerals. The balance was long, stayed in the mouth and showed a firm core considering its age. From start to finish a wine in a very good condition and surprisingly balanced. This is why classic Bordeaux has become so famous.

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• William Kelley Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 14, 2016 - The 1953 Montrose is a very typical example of the charming, gracious and supple ’53 vintage, but it still retains the firm core and amplitude so typical of this estate. A sweet bouquet of cassis, dried red fruits, chocolate and subtle grilled meat introduces a rich, textural and generous wine, graced by the appealing sucrosity of ripe fruit.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1953
• Type Red
• Producer Château Montrose
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Estèphe

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• Pending Delivery 1 (5%)
• In Cellars 11 (55%)
• Consumed 8 (40%)

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