1990 Château Montrose
Community Tasting Note
Jeff Leve wrote:
99 Points
Friday, October 31, 2014 - It's always a crap shoot with this wine. There are bottles with such overwhelming notes of horse and barnyard, they are not fun to drink. And then, there are the clean bottles that let you know you are in Bordeaux at the top level. This bottle was clean. The intensity of the aromatics, the incredible weight, density and concentration, coupled with ripe, regal, soft tannins and a seamless finish are well worth the price of admission. Still young, but showing its stuff, this is a thrill to taste today and if well stored, your grand children can probably enjoy a bottle in 2090!
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Comment posted by Old Vino:
6/20/2015 4:24:00 PM - Even if we allow the "usual" bottle variation that originally existed in the winemaking process, your experience with multiple bottles seems too discordant not to suspect additional factors. Curious to look for any common denominator for good quality bottles versus less quality bottles? e.g. direct upon release and owned by one merchant, versus a bottle with three different auction houses stickers?
Comment posted by Jeff Leve:
6/24/2015 10:30:00 PM - Sorry for the delay in the response. My guess is, unclean conditions in the cellar at the time. The chateau is quite aware of the bottle variation and has no problem discussing the issue.