{"product_id":"chateau-montrose-saint-estephe-grand-cru-classe-2009-750ml","title":"Château Montrose - Saint-Estèphe (Grand Cru Classé) 2009 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeep and dense, dark color with dark ruby tints. The nose is complex with morello, core of cherry and blackberry. It delivers notes of citron and spices (saffron). Aromas of redcurrant, cassis, morello, cocoa and liquorice develop on the palate. Supple and long-lasting finish on neat, coated and very precise tannins. Complex, balanced and harmonious wine. The tasting reveals very homogeneous, soft and silky. Incredibly long finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessional Ratings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\nA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n98Decanter\u003cbr\u003e\nThe 2009 Montrose shows elegant, rich, well-placed fruit, full of generosity. It's silky and velvety in texture, with good freshness despite the exoticism of the fruit structure, with black pepper and garrigue edging. The tannins are still pretty biting and the acidity is higher than many in 2009. Settling in for the long haul, this is without doubt a Montrose that has form and future.\u003cbr\u003e\n98James Suckling\u003cbr\u003e\nFor the very ripe vintage this has a herbal and wet earth nose that's very cool. Then on the palate there’s a ton of ripe cassis, polished fine tannins and a tremendous freshness powering the very long dry finish. One of the stars of the vintage that's just beginning to enter its best form. This is normally a perfect wine but perhaps not a perfect bottle? Drink or hold.\u003cbr\u003e\n97Wine Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA bit of a brute, with a very chewy bittersweet ganache, tobacco and roasted fig core splayed open right now by a dagger of roasted apple wood, allspice and cedar. Long and dense through the finish, with a strong singed iron edge. The stuffing is certainly there, but this will take a while to come together as it's running unbridled right now. Proves you can still get classic old-school Bordeaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96Wine Enthusiast\u003cbr\u003e\nEnormous tannins, dominant black fruit and a solid, dense structure. The wine, packed with dark fruits, dry tannins, very firm in character. With its huge tannins as well as fruit, this is a wine that really needs many years of aging.\u003cbr\u003e\nCellar Selection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Montrose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68103651328224,"sku":"132507","price":529.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/chateau-montrose-saint-estephe-grand-cru-classe_1_1dea245b-d324-41c4-b6d4-3ed99fb95a2c.jpg?v=1792698650","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-montrose-saint-estephe-grand-cru-classe-2009-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}