Chateau Montrose 2022

Bewertungen

• 100/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Power, and elegance in balance, and harmony are what you need to know here. This sublime wine pops with its display of blackberries, black currants, black cherries, flowers, and a kitchen full of spices. The level of depth on the palate is almost off the charts, yet, the wine remains light on its feet with a seamless finish that holds your focus for more than 60 seconds! This is one of the great vintages of Montrose, and a contender for wine of the vintage. The wine blends 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2030-2065."

• 100/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  One of the greats in the vintage, the 2022 Château Montrose is deep ruby/purple-hued and has a massive perfume of sweet crème de cassis, sappy tobacco, and freshly sharpened pencils. With incredible purity and precision in its aromatics, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a layered, powerful, yet still somehow elegant mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a great finish. Based on a classic blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot, it spent 18 months in 60% new French oak. As I wrote during En Primeur, it has the essence of a Montrose-like character. While it’s not a massively backward or austere example of the château, it nevertheless deserves 10-12 years of bottle age and should have at least half a century of longevity. It is, without a doubt, in the same league as the 1989, 1990, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2018, and 2020."

• 20/20

  Weinwisser
  66 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 % Merlot, 8 % Cabernet Franc, 1 % Petit Verdot, 30 hl/ha. Dicht verwobenes, tiefgründiges Bouquet, eine volle Ladung dunkles Graphit, exotisches Edelholz und zartes Fliederparfüm. Im zweiten Ansatz frischer schwarzer Bergpfeffer, Olivenpaste und Wildkirsche. Am komplexen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, körnigem Extrakt, gutem Druck, energiegeladener Rasse. Spiegelt die DNA von Montrose perfekt wider mit seinem verlangenden Tanningerüst sowie dem muskulösen Körper mit perfekt definierten Muskeln. Im konzentrierten Finale schwarzbeerige Konturen, tiefschürfende Terroirwürze und feinkörnige Adstringenz. Ganz großes Montrose-Kino, dafür kann es nur die Bestnote geben. Wie so oft ist hier Geduld angesagt."

• 100/100

  The Wine Advocate
  From barrel, I wrote that 2022 Montrose was so compelling that assigning it a bracketed score seemed a mere formality, and so it has proven. Unwinding in the glass with a deep and brooding bouquet of cassis, wild blueberries, violets, pencil shavings and burning embers, it's full-bodied, deep and dense, somehow marrying all the tannic authority that has long been such a signature of Montrose with a suavity and purity that represents the quintessence of contemporary Bordeaux. The broad, palate-staining finish lasts for more than a minute. This is a profound young wine that readers aren't going to want to miss."

• 99/100

  Falstaff
  Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Ockerrandaufhellung. Ein Hauch von Teer, schwarze Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Reduktion, braucht viel Luft. Straff, engmaschig, süß und komplex, opulent, ein Gigant, etwas fordernde Tannine, etwas Bitterschokolade, wirkt eine Spur verschlossen, noch streng, wird von Flaschenreife profitieren, großes Zukunftsversprechen. Braucht sicher 10 Jahre, bis der antrinkbar ist, hier ist Geduld gefordert."

• 99/100

  Decanter
  A deep heady nose filled with fragrant black fruit, liquorice, tobacco and violets. Sumptuous and seductive, this walks the fine line between presenting the vintage with a heady, charged palate full of sun-kissed fruit and lashings of liquorice spice with pristine cherries and blackcurrants and a vein of salty, crushed stone and iron minerality. Gorgeous acidity keeps the profile lifted and almost airy before the density of the aromatics and flavours comes into play. So well constructed, this has muscles and serious power but within a sleek frame and a delicate chalky touch on the finish."

• 99/100

  James Suckling
  Great depth in the nose, taking you into its core of blackcurrants, pencil shavings, graphite, tar, inkpot and cassis. Full-bodied and very tight, this flexes its polished muscles, showing form and tension. Compacted. From organically grown grapes. 66% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 8% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot. This needs six to seven years to come around."

• 98/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  This accounts for 53% of production in this vintage, a high figure for Montrose, which reflects the high quality of the vintage - similar volumes were made in 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2010, says Vincent Decup. The blend is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot;the percentage of Cabernet Franc is notable, a high figure for the grand vin, taking almost all the estate’s Cabernet Franc from at least four parcels. The élevage was in 60% new oak for 18 months, the remainder second-fill barrels. A nose of dark and polished fruits, spiced with sandalwood, toast, incense, rose and currant. Beautifully polished and broad on the palate, fresh and dark, with salted olive, currant and damson, laced with black pepper, toast and rose, with such a fine-boned spine of tannins they are barely perceptible, until the finish when they add a dense and focused frame to the length. Plenty of peppery energy here, and it is tremendously long too. So complete and harmonious, elegant yet brimming with structure, this is a Montrose with a great future. The alcohol on the label is 14.5% which matches the analysis."

• 98/100

  Jane Anson
  There may have been concessions to the vintage with La Dame de Montrose, but there is no compromise here, and no signs of over-maturity in the character of the fruit. Inky, rich, confidently powerful structure coupled with softness to the tannins, dark peppercorn, iodine, espresso, graphite and wet stones, muscular but luscious. Hervé Berland's last vintage, with Pierre Graffeuille arriving to take over as estate director, technical director Vincent Decup. 40% 1st wine. A single point upscore from En Primeur."

• 97/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  This is a powerful wine with bold tannins and a rich structure. The wine's ripe blueberry aroma and dense texture go well with the concentrated black fruits and opulence. The wine will take its time: drink from 2029."

• 96/100

  Wine Spectator
  This is laden with gently steeped black currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit inlaid with flashes of licorice snap, singed alder, chestnut and gunpowder tea. A flash of lilac skirts the edges, adding subtle energy and lift. The long finish offers an alluring feel, with an echo of warm earth lingering amid the fruit. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2026 through 2045."

• 18/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Blackish purple. Sumptuous nose. Extremely polished tannins! This caresses the palate until the not inconsiderable tannins kick in. Lip-smacking fruit with the commune’s stoniness kicking in afterwards and masses of ripe tannin. Not yet ready but very impressive indeed."