2002 La Dame de Montrose

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 86.8 points

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  2/22/2024 - Stanrocks wrote:

  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

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  3/29/2012 - rho wrote: 86 Points

  Over the hills. Tannin is resolved with a short finish. Not much life left. Drink up.

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  5/3/2009 - rho wrote: 87 Points

  Very tight. Think it is closed. Will revisit this in a few years.

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  4/25/2009 - oolah wrote: 86 Points

  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.

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  7/16/2008 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  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.

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