Description
Here is a powerful yet approachable Left Bank red. This is a lovely mix of Merlot (55%), Cabernet Sauvignon (41%) and Petit Verdot (4%).
TASTING NOTE: An attractive, intense deep red colour in the glass. It has a powerful, expressive nose with complex aromas of black fruit and of fine oak-barrel ageing with toasty and smoky hints. The palate is rich and full with supple and silky tannins. Good length, with very ripe fruit on the finish.
FOOD PAIRING, STORING AND SERVING: This is suited to game and richer meat dishes, try with roast pheasant, and for a vegetarian option, a wild mushroom and chestnut pie or braised puy lentils work beautifully too. It’s drinking very well now but will keep till 2028 with ease. 13.5% alcohol.
ABOUT: Château Montrose is one of Saint-Estèphe’s great Left Bank estates, renowned for producing age-worthy, structured reds from its gravelly vineyard overlooking the Gironde. La Dame de Montrose is its second wine, created in 1986 in tribute to Yvonne Charmolue, who ran the estate single-handedly through the 1940s and 50s, and is made from grapes grown in the same vineyard to the same exacting standards as the grand vin. The 2015 is a Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend with Merlot and a touch of Petit Verdot, aged around 12 months in barrel with a moderate proportion of new oak.
