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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2020 Montrose is epic. Dark, rich and brooding, the 2020 possesses remarkable intensity, and, yet it is somehow not excessively heavy. Time in the glass brings out the wine's more elegant sophisticated side. All the elements are so well-balanced. Red/purplish fruit, lavender rose petal, gravel and spice are all accented by veins of intense minerality that lend shape and energy. The 2020 is a modern-day classic for Montrose and one of the great wines of the Left Bank. 12/2022

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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2020 Montrose was bottled in July 2022. The alcohol is 13.4%, a whole degree less than the previous year but with the same concentration (IPT is 80). It has a fabulous bouquet that delivers on all that promise from when I finally tasted the wine around a year earlier from barrel, a cornucopia of blackberry, bilberry, crushed stone, Indian ink and loamy/undergrowth scents. Very mercurial in the glass, it seems to shapeshift with every minute. The palate is medium-bodied with such a precise entry. This is far more detailed than either the 2019 or 2018, a symmetrical Montrose with unerring detail and mineralité, its silky texture belying the power underneath. This is unequivocally a brilliant wine and a benchmark in recent years. Contender for wine of the vintage. 12/2022

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Jean-Marc Quarin

Jean-Marc Quarin

Couleur sombre, pourpre, intense et belle. Grand nez complexe de cabernet sauvignon, profond, frais, mûr et subtil. Moelleux en entrée de bouche, au toucher minutieux, riche au milieu où le corps fond, le vin gagne du goût en finale où il s’achève long, puissant, noble, complexe et très bien construit. Touche d’austérité positive dans la persistance. C’est très bon. Assemblage : 71 % cabernet sauvignon, 23 % merlot, 5 % cabernet franc, 1 % petit verdot. Degré d’alcool : 13°4 - pH : 3,86 – IPT : 80. Rendement : 29 hl/ha.