1981 Château Montrose

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  3/2/2024 - Fatty Cat wrote: 92 Points

  Early Mar 2024, Rheingau Gourmet Festival, rarity diner “25 vintages of Chateau Montrose”: bottle immediately opened before consumption; clear dark rubin color; intense nose of cherries, strawberries and some mint; like well-crafted berry juice on the palate; light/medium body. 91-92/100
  
  Classic mature claret.
  
  Vintages of flight III:
  1952 - 1953 - 1966 - 1976 - 1979 - 1981

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  1/28/2024 - djhammond Likes this wine: 89 Points

  My second bottle of 3, and I was hoping last time out it was a blip. However, once again this was uninspiring, and very tired and falling apart. I had had high hopes with this dark horse, but obviously the batch was compromised.

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  1/21/2024 - djhammond Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I think I was unlucky with this bottle after reading other reviews, and possibly it was carrying a slight taint. It was the first of 3, and I had high hopes as this is an under the radar dark horse. It does improve significantly with air, and next time I'll give it 2 or 3 hours in the decanter. Fingers crossed for the next 2.

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  8/11/2023 - guruguru Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Château Montrose 1981
  恐らくピークは10年以上前。
  枯れ木や杉の木のようなニュアンスが強く熟成感たっぷりではあるが、若干ボディの細さを感じる。
  恐らくヴィンテージの影響が大きいのではないか。
  個性派ぞろいの Saint-Estephe の 中でも比較的ど真ん中 (だと個人的には思っている) のボルドーらしさのあるシャトーの魅力は感じられる。
  40年以上たってもワインとしての骨格を十分成しており、フランス古酒の楽しさは存分に楽しめる。
  有意義な時間でした。
  Probably peaked more than 10 years ago.
  The wine has a strong sense of maturity with nuances of dead wood and cedar wood, but it is slightly thin-bodied.
  Perhaps the influence of the vintage is significant.
  The charm of this Bordeaux-like chateau, which is relatively in the middle (in my opinion) of Saint-Estephe, which is full of individuality, can be sensed.
  Even if it is more than 40 years old, it still has enough structure as a wine, and you can fully enjoy the pleasure of old French wine.
  It was a meaningful time.

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  7/9/2023 - Gavin Sutherland Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Cracking!

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