2000 Château Montus Madiran Cuvée Prestige

Community Tasting Notes (52) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  4/5/2024 - tazerowe Likes this wine:

  Enjoyable, but on the edge of brutally tannic. Smoky nose, some alcohol. Eucalyptus, smoke and olive flavors. Complex. Good, but so austere, it wouldn’t win many friends. I wonder what this would be like in 20 more years?

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  1/10/2024 - Zweder Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Rustic and smoky, beautifully mature bouquet. On the palate dark berries and beautiful acidity. Someone mentioned ink with bacon ;-) and that covers it as well. Beautiful acidity and a great length. The wine is fully mature now and beautiful and elegant.

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  1/9/2024 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Much brighter on the nose than before, with red cherry dominating the herbs and forest fruits, but the big change is the taste: it has at last calmed down and become civilised. The rather overwhelming power is under control now, leaving brighter, fresher fruit and far more finesse and elegance. Red cherry and redcurrant hit first, before a cool blackcurrant mlddle section, just a little feral to remind you that it’s a Madiran, then a very long, effortlessly classy finish.
  Everything is more balanced than before, especially the ABV - 14% but it no longer shows at all.
  I admired rather than liked this before, seeing the potential but finding it hard work to actually enjoy, but now I love it.
  Great stuff with a long plateau ahead - like a top Pessac at half the price

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  2/1/2023 - petervlam@skpnet.nl Likes this wine: 90 Points

  EEE 20230201 - Stevig rood; 2/1/2023-2/2/2023: Roodbruin. In de neus zwarte kers , rozebottel, teer, thee, gebrand hout, zwarte olijf.
  
  In de mond onrijpe kers, koffie, thee, rozebottel, hout, voor mij iets te fikse tannines

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  2/1/2023 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points

  Smoky bouquet with laurel and black olives. On the palate dark berries, dark chocolate, oak, vanilla, good acidity and tannin. Good complexity, but no impressive finesse. I think some improvements in the future are possible, but I am not sure.

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