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.
My first of three and I believe it needs more time to really show its best. Double decanted for 7 hours. Still a beast, but wit complexity and potential showing through.
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3/21/2024 - RayOB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank in London
A real beauty
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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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1/14/2024 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 93 Points
My first of three and I believe it needs more time to really show its best. Double decanted for 7 hours. Still a beast, but wit complexity and potential showing through.
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1/1/2024 - Hugo Hilde Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bordeaux + Napa pirates (Tøyen, Oslo): Slow oxed 7 hours, followed 5 hours
Noble, understated nose with dark berries, bacon fat, baked tomato and a bevy of peppery spices.
Uniform palate, archetypical Medoc, cherry pits, so much minerality. Dark and serious, though never heavy, with a very long finish. So much class.
Surpise, surpise, this needs more cellar time, Montrose is truly a long term proposition.
95 for now, should be even better in fullness of time.
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