floral finesse
2017 was a weird vintage for the zone
and Château Margaux demonstrates its unique ability to combine intensity
finely pixelated tannic backbone and seamless freshness supporting the amazing intensity of black fruits and floral layers
with beautiful purity of fruit
Château Montrose, Saint-Estephe, 2005, 75cl Format:12 x 75cl floral finesseThe 2005 Montrose continues to show brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with notes of blackcurrant, red fruits, loamy soil, black truffles and cigar ash. Full bodied, deep and concentrated, it's still brooding and tannic, with lively acids and an imposing chassis of structuringand artery cleansingextract. Still an adolescent, it's one of the last unrepentantly old school vintages of Montrose, and Mdoc purists couldn't own enough. While this remains a