2009 Château Montrose

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garymouton Likes this wine:

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - Four hour double decant, but this wine was still very tight for me. I was struggling to get primary fruit here let alone some of the secondary characteristics some have described. It certainly has all the structure to be a great wine, but I am not touching another bottle until 2030 at the earliest. Did not have with food, which might have softened the tannins. Bought on release.

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Comment posted by wineotim:

4/11/2024 8:05:00 AM - Wow, you bought this on release. I don't know how you had the patience...
Comment posted by garymouton:

4/11/2024 10:40:00 AM - I have been gravitating to older wines lately, so when I had this with two friends recently, I really couldn't appreciate it, which is why I left it scoreless. How the professionals go through dozens of wines like these a day without palate fatigue is unfathomable to me. So, patience for me is a virtue born of necessity.
Comment posted by Jack60:

5/14/2024 3:19:00 PM - I bought a case as futures from Bassin's in DC. I haven't tried one yet and will hold off a few more years.
Comment posted by garymouton:

5/14/2024 3:45:00 PM - Jack60: Had it with some wine drinking buddies and left early. they said it was phenomenal about 2 hours later. For reference, I like mid 90's Napa cabs and 20+ bordeaux. So, you might enjoy it earlier than I would. That being said, this is a wine for the ages. You can tell it will be epic...just not quite yet.