Chateau Montrose Tasting (Bentley Bar & Restaurant, Sydney): Polished, rich and generous nose shows good quality oak, sweet spice, bacon fat, blackcurrant, plums a little violet, smells younger than the 2011, touch of clay. Juicy and generous here on the palate as well, a little savoury, almost salted liquorice notes joins the black hued fruits, tannins are woody, talc textured and super persistent, a little sous bois joins on the finish with the liquorice slightly more pronounced. Pretty clever
A 3 hour decant has 05 Montrose showing beautifully, wafting layers of cassis, cedar, saddle leather and mocha with a silky and vibrant palate and fine grained tannins. Still so young but in a real nice spot.
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A delightful wine! Opened the bottle at noon, decanted at 5pm. Started drinking at 8pm. Stunning. Brick color. Tannins are smooth and well integrated. Musk, leather, saffron, smoke, subtle vanilla and licorice. Cedar well in the background. Still some floral notes of violet that intoxicate and leave you wanting one more sip! After an hour, forest floor, mushroom, umami and moss. Wow! A delightful experience. But this wine has a long runway in front of it. Will be interesting to follow over time.
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3/28/2024 - essenceofreal wrote:
Decided to crack into my case and check on this.
Wow was it young! This has soooo much more in store. If drinking now I'd decant on a frying pan for a week before consuming.
Clearly a great wine, or it will be in about 10 years when it starts to calm down and integrate. I won't be touching these for about a decade.
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3/21/2024 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank in London
A real beauty
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2/27/2024 - chatters wrote:
Chateau Montrose Tasting (Bentley Bar & Restaurant, Sydney): Polished, rich and generous nose shows good quality oak, sweet spice, bacon fat, blackcurrant, plums a little violet, smells younger than the 2011, touch of clay. Juicy and generous here on the palate as well, a little savoury, almost salted liquorice notes joins the black hued fruits, tannins are woody, talc textured and super persistent, a little sous bois joins on the finish with the liquorice slightly more pronounced. Pretty clever
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2/16/2024 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 94 Points
A 3 hour decant has 05 Montrose showing beautifully, wafting layers of cassis, cedar, saddle leather and mocha with a silky and vibrant palate and fine grained tannins. Still so young but in a real nice spot.
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1/20/2024 - WineTraveler42 Likes this wine: 95 Points
A delightful wine! Opened the bottle at noon, decanted at 5pm. Started drinking at 8pm. Stunning. Brick color. Tannins are smooth and well integrated. Musk, leather, saffron, smoke, subtle vanilla and licorice. Cedar well in the background. Still some floral notes of violet that intoxicate and leave you wanting one more sip! After an hour, forest floor, mushroom, umami and moss. Wow! A delightful experience. But this wine has a long runway in front of it. Will be interesting to follow over time.
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