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A blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc from the Terrace 4. This is total class, showing the flesh and completeness of a warm vintage just the drama and tension of a cooler one. There is effortless focus and definition of cassis fruit here. Notes of violets, wild herbs, juniper and gravel lift from the glass. The palate delivers an uncompromising focus and direction through the palate - a wine of huge intensity and drama. This is a contemporary Montrose though, dense yet polished with layers of sandalwood, soy, iodine and dark berry fruit, with a lift of freshness through the endless finish.
The 2025 Montrose only comes from the Terrace IV, as has been the way since the 2023 vintage. It was picked from August 29 and finished not until September 20, so quite a long harvest, 16 days of picking between those dates. This vintage is matured in 60% new oak. This has another very intense nose with a potent graphite element that infuses the black fruit, beautifully defined but unapologetically classical in style. Wow. The purity of fruit is exceptional. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, very chiselled tannins, exquisite black fruit loaded with minéralité. So much freshness and vibrancy, gentle but insistent grip, very precise and refined on the finish, this is a Montrose that will rank as one for the ages. Wow (again).
Deep and nuanced plum fruit on the opening, vivid ruby in colour with tension, lift and estate signature. An extremely classic Montrose, love the lift with the depth of cassis, cocoa bean, liquorice, crushed mint leaf, squid ink, crayon, a supremely Left Bank wine, very much in the 2023 vein for me, which was a vintage I adored. This has precision and beauty, the kind of En Primeur sample where you feel fresh and energised at the end of tasting it. 60% new oak for ageing, Pierre Graffeuille director.
A timeless classic in the making, the 2025 Montrose unfurls in the glass with notes of dark berries, black truffle, burning embers and violets, gaining in range and detail with aeration. Full-bodied, dense and elegantly muscular, it's layered and multidimensional, with a prodigiously concentrated core of fruit, exceptional quality of tannin and a long, resonant finish. The 2025 is a blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, derived exclusively from the estate's historic core on the fourth terrace situated just in front of the château itself. With a pH of 3.65 and 13.4% alcohol, it remains classically balanced despite its impressive power and intensity.
A very quiet, sophisticated Montrose. Silky tannins, lifted aromatics and mid-weight structure. Red-toned fruit with hints of spice, blood orange, and tobacco. On the lighter side relative to the norm here.
Maturity Ready 2025 - 2040
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Critic score 96.75/100
Maturity Young 2027 - 2050
Maturity Mature 2012 - 2025
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