Montrose 1990 - Saint-Estèphe

Chateau Montrose 1990 - Saint-Estèphe

About the domain:

Second classified growth of 1855, this Château is still among the greatest thanks to the great consistency it demonstrates and its capacity to produce great wines during periods of heatwave.

Its vineyard covers 95 hectares in one piece all around the Château. The grape varieties are mainly Cabernet-Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (32%), Cabernet Franc (6%) and Petit Verdot (2%).

Currently owned by the Bouygues family, the Château was completely restored and modernized in the early 2020s.

About the vintage:

This vintage is the result of successive and rigorous selections carried out at each stage of production, in the vineyard as well as in the cellar, this great Cabernet Sauvignon wine is typical of the Saint-Estèphe appellation: structured, tannic, but with all the finesse and elegance of a Grand Cru Classé. It develops a delicate and complex bouquet as it ages.

Montrose 1990: The Legend at 100 Parker Points

The wine remains a blockbuster, an inky/ruby/purple color with astonishing concentration, surprisingly high glycerin, and copious amounts of sweet black fruit intertwined with earth and spice. This is a fleshy, full-bodied Saint-Estèphe with atypical amounts of fat and fruit extract, but it is evolving nicely and looks set for another 2-3 decades of longevity. R. Parker 2009

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Exceptional provenance in CBO: These bottles come from a cellar of a great Swiss wine enthusiast and collector. We have acquired the complete collection containing more than 200 bottles of mainly French and Italian wines. The bottles have all been preserved following their purchase en primeur or shortly after their marketing on site, in a natural cellar buried under a 16th century convent. A damp cellar, which is why some labels are very worn. The levels are generally excellent or perfect and the most "fragile" bottles testify to conservation in total darkness for more than 30 years!