Château Montrose, Le Saint-Estèphe de Montrose, 2010

Château Montrose, Le Saint-Estèphe de Montrose, 2010Fresh on the nose, revealing some slightly toasted notes, the wine is both supple and fresh, with a round and full bodied palate sustained by discreet acidity. Ready to drink now, Saint Estphe de Montrose will keep for about another five years. Produced on the exceptional terroir of Chteau Montrose and made in the chteaus winery, Saint Estphe de Montrose is the estates third wine and a traditional blend of classic Bordeaux grape varieties. Previously

smoky aromas of earth and black fruits complement undertones of tobacco and graphite

Sweet red cherry

It follows a very meticulous selection process

producing ripe healthy grapes with a lovely golden tint before the arrival of Botrytis

crafted in South France in the traditional way of Champagne's "Methode Traditionelle"

Doisy-Daëne wine has a style of its own that privileges a bursting fruit concentrated by the "noble rot"

It’s Palmer plus 15% Syrah from the northern Rhône

gradually building to a very composed and structured finish

In the following years

fairly heavily extracted in his early vintages but clearly moving to a softer style by 2004

The 2016 vintage is considered one of the best of the last decade

imparting finesse and rare elegance