2009 Chateau Montrose Saint-Estephe

• Country: France
• Region: Bordeaux
• Appellation: Saint-Estèphe AOC
• Producer: Château Montrose
• Size: 750 ml
• Varietal: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 29% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc 1% Petit Verdot
• Wine Type: Red Wine

2009

100 points Wine Advocate

"A brilliant wine that stands out as one of the high points of the vintage, the 2009 Montrose unwinds in the glass with a rich and incipiently complex bouquet of dark berries, cigar wrapper and loamy soil, framed by a deftly judged touch of new oak. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, it's a velvety, layered and impressively dynamic wine that's deep and concentrated, exhibiting terrific balance and a long, resonant finish. While it is still five or six years away from showing all its cards, I have drunk this benchmark for contemporary Montrose with immense pleasure three times this year. In style, it's hard to find an obvious comparison (and I have drunk Montrose back to 1895), but I would be inclined to invoke a fresher, more complete and more powerful version of the estate's very successful 2003."

-William Kelley Aug 11, 2022