Chateau Montrose 1975

SKU : BVHK00010144
Vintage : 1975
Bottle Size : Standard - 750ml
Wine Condition : Mid Neck
Label Condition : Good/Original Label
Cork : Usual Cork
Format : Single Bottle
Producer : Château Montrose
Varietal : Red Bordeaux Blend
Wine type : Red
Appellation : St. Estèphe
Country : France
Region : Bordeaux
Sub region : Médoc
Drink Between : now
RP : 87
WS : 87

Château Montrose is a winery in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus (Second Growths) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

The vineyard is in Saint-Estèphe, the northernmost of the great Médoc communes. The soil in Montrose's 168 acres (0.68 km2) 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 a second wine named La Dame de Montrose. The 1970 vintage placed third among the ten California and French red wines at the historic Judgment of Paris wine competition.

Montrose wines tend to be deeply tannic and during excellent vintages can take up to 20 years to mature.

Web Only - 2006
JS
87
I like the aromas of currant, berry and fresh herbs. Full-bodied, firm and chewy, with a slightly dry tannin structure, like many 1975s, but gorgeous fruit and clarity in this wine. Very good despite the hardness.--Non-blind Château Montrose vertical. Drink now.

Wine Advocate #103 Feb 1996
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
87
Still backward, although the color is beginning to exhibit amber/rust at the edge, this large-scaled, muscular, charmless Montrose is structured enough to be admired, but I wonder if there is enough fruit to hold for another 10 years? Full-bodied, with earthy, dusty, red and black fruit aromas, this tannic, behemoth needs another 2-3 years of cellaring. The jury is still out on this one.