100 Wa / 99 JS / 99 Vm / 99 Wci / 98+ Jd / 98+ Wi / 98 De / 97 Ja / 95-97 We / 96 Fs / 95 Ws / 18.5 Jr. Surpassing the 2019 and rivaling the 2016 as this estate's finest vintage of the last few…

Surpassing the 2019 and rivaling the 2016 as this estate's finest vintage of the last few decades, the 2020 Montrose is a monument in the making. Wafting.

The wine has a massive structure, great concentration. It now really shows the results of the massive investment of the owners, the telecom magnate Bouygues family. The powerful tannins mask the…

A prodigious beast of a wine that's now starting to shed just a touch of its considerable baby fat, the 2003 Château Montrose is based on 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, and…

This is an architectural wine, very classical in its structure like so many of the top wines of 2010. It's powered by ripe tannins and beautiful black currant fruits. While the wine is gorgeously…

A dense and powerful wine as always with very ripe fruit yet an underlying freshness and complexity with tobacco, dried fruit and fresh spices such as lemon grass and Thai basil. Layered and long.…

99 Jd / 99 Wci / 98 JS / 98 Wi / 97 Vm / 97 Ja / 97 De / 96 We / 18 Jr.

Ripe, fresh and well-defined from start to finish, this lets cassis and dark plum notes race through, carried by a graphite edge and backed with dark tobacco,.

Chateau Montrose - Saint Estephe 2003 available at Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe in Northbrook, IL

An incredible wine from this estate that's as good as anything in the vintage, the 2018 Château Cos D'Estournel checks in as 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot…

Typical of Saint-Estèphe, this wine is totally closed up. It is more tannins than fruit at this stage of its development. But it is obvious that there is fruit there, and that it will develop. But…