2016 Chateau Montrose La Dame de Montrose Saint-Estephe, France
$64.99 USD
Winemaker Notes
Château Montrose is located in Bordeaux’s Saint-Estèphe appellation. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen 2èmes Crus (Second Growths) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. The soil in Montrose's 168 acres (0.68 km2) uniquely consists of gravel and black sand with a subsoil of clay and marl. They are planted with 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25%Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.
Château Montrose produces two red wines: its eponymous Grand Vin, and La Dame de Montrose, its second wine. The 1970 vintage was placed third among the ten California and French red wines at the historic Judgment of Paris wine competition.
Press
Rated 93 points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Dame de Montrose is also gorgeous, and the second wines of Bordeaux continue to gain in quality. A blend of 52% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, aged in 30% new oak, this beauty has impressive amounts of creme de cassis, graphite, violets, and damp earth that give way to a medium to full-bodied, layered, pure, and seamless beauty that has real class. It’s well worth seeking out and will hopefully help you to keep your hands off the grand vin for at least a few years.
Rated 93 points James Suckling
Extremely perfumed and beautiful with bright, violet and plum aromas. Full to medium body, very fine and firm tannins and transparent fruit. Linear and refined with a very long finish. Second wine of Château Montrose.
Rated 93 points Vinous
A gorgeous second wine, the 2016 La Dame de Montrose is incredibly expressive today. Supple, radiant and inviting, La Dame has all the potential to be an overachiever in this vintage. Today, it is quite open, and, even more importantly, flat-out delicious. In some moments, La Dame is rather nuanced, while at other times it is a bit more potent. It will be interesting to see what aging in bottle brings, but one thing is certain; the 2016 La Dame is a stellar wine. Don't miss it. (AG)