February 22, 2024 - Difficult one again,
Kept it to see, the wine still shows depth and concentration. Knowing the vintage and how it was in Bordeaux in those years I expect that wine to have been quite osmosed !
Meaning concentrated through reverted osmosis, to add sugar and concentration in a cold and wet vintage.
67 CS 33 Merlot
https://www.chateau-montrose.com/millesimes/la-dame-de-montrose-2002/
The wine has a lot of tertiary notes, not very long but complexity, and soft tannins, acid is good and has held the wine so far ... It s still 89+ kind of wine I guess It was definitely not dead, but people don't know anymore about wines with less opulence and fruit ! Sad but True !
Tasted alongside a 2007 Rouget Pomerol ... so 2 complicated years side to side to compare Merlot dominated and CS dominated wines in cold and difficult vintages. Used to call them winemakers vintages
March 29, 2012 - Over the hills. Tannin is resolved with a short finish. Not much life left. Drink up.
May 3, 2009 - Very tight. Think it is closed. Will revisit this in a few years.
April 25, 2009 - Probably waited too long on this one. Cherry, cassis, cedar and spice. Good fruit on opening, but a short finish and faded quickly. Went quite well with a juicy rib steak. Ultimately, a solid, but just not that interesting effort.
July 16, 2008 - Nice coffee and casis. Actually, I have rather been liking my 2002 Bordeaux as of late. Harmonious all the way through with great complexity on the palate. Really nice wine at $33.
January 27, 2008 - Dark ink red at the centre but brick on the edge. Decante for 30mins it will open with fantasic aroma. Medium tannin and medium acidity. Medium to full bodied.
Cedar, rose, violet on the nose. Finsih with blackcurrant. Tannin is still firm and tight on the palate. A balanced wine. Best drink from 2009
December 3, 2007 - nothing really special
November 27, 2007 - Ch. Montrose Dinner (Crown Wine Cellars, Hong Kong): Nice nose, Needs time, Austere in the mouth. A touch of length. Well made but marred by mouthpuckering tannins.
May 19, 2007 - Dark berries, cedar and minerally notes on the nose, ripe fruits and earthy flavours in the mouth with firm tannins and a long, slightly rough finish.
December 24, 2006 - Deep inky purple color, aromas of sweet cedar, violet, spice and violet. Fragrance suggests great balance, medium tanins and even acidity. Rather jarring attack of rich tannins on the palate compared to the nose and black fruit that softens on the longish, somewhat smooth finish. Flavors of black current and tobacco and earth. Opened without decanting but within minutes of making these notes it smoothes out. Drinkable now if you decant and serve lamb or steak as it's pretty overpowering for a more delicate dish. I'd let it age another five years or so.