Peter Maude Fine Wines
2025, Dame de Montrose, SAINT-ESTÈPHE
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The second wine of Château Montrose. This wine benefits greatly from a rigorous selection process at this famous property.
2025 is a blend of 82% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc.
Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, fruitcake and spices, the 2025 La Dame de Montrose is medium to full-bodied, deep and dense, with a lively and layered core of fruit, supple tannins and a bright, sapid finish. Incorporating maturation in different vessels (20% foudre and 5% amphora) and fewer rackings to maintain a more reductive profile that is better suited to the Merlot-dominant blend.
91-93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate.
The 2025 La Dame de Montrose nose offers red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, iodine and violet aromas coming forth with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, slightly chalky, fine tension and a surfeit of freshness towards the finish. This will be wholly irresistible once in bottle and it will require minimal ageing to be enjoyed. Drinking Window 2029 - 2042
90-92 Neal Martin, Vinous.
Mouthwatering finish, plenty of slate character, pumice stone, rose bud, iris flowers, ripe but not overripe, clearly this is juicy with some bright fruits, but creamy underneath. Lower new oak than usual so slightly shorter ageing is expected. 2032-2042.
92 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.