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2003 Chateau Montrose (750ml)
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QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 2
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Vintage: 2003
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Montrose
Vineyard:
Designation:
Appellation: St. Estephe
Producer: Chateau Montrose
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Medoc
Alcohol:
Tasting note: Very deep garnet-black colour. The nose is a little closed giving moderately intense aromas of blackberry, ripe cassis, freshly cracked black pepper and a touch of cedar. The palate reveals this wine’s potential with buckets of juicy, warm berry fruit seasoned with a smattering of earth and spice. Finely structured giving medium to firm, tightly knit tannins and medium+ acidity. Very long, purely fruited finish. (96pts. LP-B, Wine Advocate)
Tasted: May 2009
Score: 96
Drink: 2010-30
Tasting note: Good medium-deep ruby-red. Superripe, roasted aromas of black raspberry, chocolate and licorice. Wonderfully dense, sweet and lush, with an early roundness rare for this wine. A monumental St. Estephe with almost confectionery sweetness. Wonderfully horizontal, palate-saturating wine with huge but thoroughly ripe, lush tannins. It's hard to believe that a wine this rich and deep could be carrying just 13.2% alcohol. The only thing missing here is the floral topnote of 2005, but that's a quibble in this baking-hot vintage, as Montrose's cooler, water-retentive clay-rich soil handled the extreme heat and drought as well as any chateau in the Bordeaux region. (96pts. Stephen Tanzer)
Tasted: May/Jun 2006
Score: 96
Drink: N/A
Tasting note: Dark color. Aromas of blackberry, toasted oak, spice and tobacco. Loads of plum. Medium- to full-bodied, with very integrated and refined tannins. Long. This really builds on the palate. This is better than the 2000 and 1990. Only time will tell if it's better than the 1989. (95pts. JS, Wine Spectator)
Tasted: Mar. 31, 2006
Score: 95
Drink: After 2011
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