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La Dame de Montrose (2nd Vin) 2014 75cl

2eme Vin | St. Estephe | Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
90 Wine Spectator
Offers a brisk, racy feel, with red currant, damson plum and Campari notes coursing through, carried by a bright iron spine through the savory-flecked finish. Very pure and firmly grounded in terroir. Best from 2018 through 2026. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
16 Rene Gabriel
Dunkles Granat, recht satt in der Mitte, rubiner Rand. Würziges Bouquet, zeigt einen schönen Terroirapproach, weisser Pfeffer und getrocknete Küchenkräuter, rote Pflaumenschalen und Tabaknuancen. Im Gaumen muskulös, vordergründige, kernige Tannine zeigend, wirkt asketisch und man würde ihm - zumindest in dieser Primeurprobe - etwas mehr Fleisch am Knochen wünschen. Wird noch etwas zulegen können mit dem Barriquenfett. Aber so richtig sexy wir das Ding nie werden.
89 Robert Parker
The 2014 La Dame de Montrose lagged a long way behind the superlative Grand Vin at primeur, but has since made up some ground. Now in bottle, it has a nicely poised bouquet with red cherries, bilberry and crushed violets. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, tightly wound and linear, a conservative La Dame de Montrose that I suspect will age better than I originally thought.<br/>
Producer
Château Montrose
Producing outstanding Bordeaux year after year, this 95-hectare property, Château Montrose is a classified Second Growth in the Saint-Estèphe hierarchy. Just north of Pauillac, Montrose is ideally-situated on a gravelly, well-drained plot that runs along the Gironde estuary for over a kilometer. The local microclimate, unique to Montrose works to mitigate temperatures, protecting the vines from devastating frosts as well as equally destructive heatwaves. The patchwork of a vineyard, planted on the world’s most privileged winegrowing terroirs, has been owned by Martin and Olivier Bouygues since 2006. In 2012 they brought in Hervé Berland, the former managing director of Mouton Rothschild to act as estate manager. This spectacular Saint-Estèphe château crafts three wines, they are immense, powerful, dense and long-lived. The leading wine, Montrose is a monumental fleshy, and persuasive red.