Community Tasting Notes 270

• Happytoro wrote:

  May 18, 2024 - Had this during dinner and going off memory. At it's plateau and don't think it will further improve, other than gain additional tertiary notes. It was decently balanced although there were slight acidity that felt out of place. The nose was was not as strong as expected.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  May 17, 2024 - Still with stern tannins but right in the pocket otherwise. Looks like my dinner plans just changed.

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• wineotim Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 14, 2024 - Third bottle review of this, glad to say. This is integrating nicely, power and elegance are in harmony once again, it's now in a more mature way. Amazing how this wine feels so light on the palate but so flavorful and serious, got to love French wine.

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• SARED wrote: 95 points

  May 4, 2024 - 94-95 Still youthful, but delightful. Decanted four hours and back in the bottle for another 6. Drank out of Grassl Liberte (a much better choice than the oversized Cru). Very lithe, smooth and balanced. Fruit barely peaking out, but just so balanced with a medium-to-long finish. 13% alc feels underpowered to modern monsters, but then you realize you can drink the whole bottle without any conundrums, and that’s great. Lovely at a French bistro with chicken liver mousse and duck frites. I’d say “next one in five years”, but I know it will happen sooner (I have a lot). Ultimately, a baby, but not an ugly baby!

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• Musigny151 wrote:

  April 29, 2024 - Opened Saturday to check progress.
  
  Bloody hell, laddie, this one is tight. A black hole of a wine; nothing escapes. One hour in a decanter and a couple of wisps of something aromaish deigns to make an appearance. Too faint to be recognizable. Another hour, those wisps have coalesced enough to show some fruit and a little spice. This is not fun.
  
  Another hour, and dinner has been on the table for half of it. We have poured the wine into glasses, it is still bad tempered and showing little.
  
  Another hour and the wine has decided not to fight quite as hard. It is still massive, the tannins are hard but not spiky, and now the wine is showing plenty of fruit, spice and licorice. Still I feel there is a lot hidden.
  
  This was all about potential and had little to do with pleasure. I did have a final glass 6 hours in, and it was still not fully open, but far and away the best tasted. I have five bottles left, and it needs ten years plus, probably more.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Château Montrose
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation St. Estèphe
• UPC Codes 000004081043, 031259043678, 3176480263970, 3258691277783, 3277035054354, 3277035054453, 3284396002696, 3364420028530, 3364420050364, 3419466154917, 3448821104069, 3450301061977, 3453521143362, 3550871217023, 3700266202961, 400000987569, 400005043321, 550871217023, 616773413604, 714153161319

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• Pending Delivery 967 (4%)
• In Cellars 16,319 (75%)
• Consumed 4,571 (21%)

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