2024 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe 750 ml

2024

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Château Montrose is among the Left Bank’s most extraordinary properties. Just last year, Wine Advocate’s William Kelley said Montrose is “routinely among Bordeaux's very best, year in, year out.” The Super Second Growth’s deep gravel is comparable in the Médoc only to Château Latour—and their newest edition does their outstanding terroir extremely proud. “Montrose was one of the terroirs favored by the 2024 vintage,” noted Kelley in his 95-point review of this year’s wine. He summed it up as “a serious, muscular effort that numbers among the wines of the vintage.” For the collectors thinking about the long term, there’s more: Due to its low pH and high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine will age as well as just about any made in the Médoc. Put it all together, and the 2024 Montrose—which also earned 95 points from Jane Anson and 94–96 from Vinous—is one of the finest Bordeaux of the year. For just $110, it’s an absolute steal for the cellar.

94 - 96 pts

Vinous

The 2024 Montrose has a little more Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend due to the yields in various parcels. It was picked between September 23 and October 7 and matured in 60% new oak. The well-defined and very able nose demonstrates classicism, fine delineation and a little more florality than the Terrasse III. The palate is medium-bodied with very finely chiselled tannins and a keen line of acidity. This symmetrical Saint-Estèphe is blessed with an elegant, sapid and reassuringly precise finish that the estate seems to have honed in the last few years. It does not have the unbridled ambition of, say, the 2020 Montrose, but it is exceptionally well crafted and will become a fine Saint-Estèphe.

95 pts

Jane Anson

Beautifully deep colour, this shows chalk, violet flowers, peony, fragrant and enticing floral profile compared to so many in the vintage, this is excellent, cocoa bean, cassis, depth, layers and concentration - one of the wines of the vintage. 15% press wine, a little more than usual. Harvest 23 September to 8 October, Pierre Grafeuille estate director.

93 - 95 pts

Wine Advocate

A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Montrose is a serious, muscular effort that numbers among the wines of the vintage. Unwinding in the glass with notes of cassis, burning embers, cigar wrapper and iris, it's medium to full-bodied, dense and layered, with a lively spine of acidity, rich structuring tannins and a long, penetrating finish. With both the highest proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon recorded at Montrose and a rather low pH of 3.55, it will surely number among the longest lived 2024 Bordeaux.

Montrose was one of the terroirs favored by the 2024 vintage, experiencing comparatively good weather at flowering and at least a moderate hydric constraint at veraison. Viticulture was adapted to conditions, with deleafing a month earlier than usual, retention of cover crops for as long as possible and hedging canopies higher to boost ripening. Two green harvests, one on July 20 and another at the end of veraison, brought more homogenous maturity. Harvest took place between 23 September and 7 October

96 - 97 pts

James Suckling

This shows finesse and elegance as well as plenty of subtle red currant and blackcurrant character. Medium-bodied with refinement and length. Tender, vivid and pure. Extremely well done in a difficult year. 80% cabernet sauvignon, 17% merlot and 3% cabernet franc.

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Billionaire brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues’ are at the helm of Montrose, which is the definition of a Super Second—an establishment that rivals Bordeaux’s five First Growths.

The Montrose vineyard comprises a huge chunk of land, set right up against an estuary in Saint-Estèphe. The proximity to the soothing breezes of the Gironde protects vines from frost damage in early spring and helps temper the summer heat, postponing the call to harvest, and making for a consistent, terrifically concentrated blend year in and year out.

Montrose is, as William Kelley of the Wine Advocate put it, a “de facto First Growth.” It’s a collector-worthy wine that can anchor a cellar for decades.

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2024 Chateau Montrose St. Estephe 750 ml

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