CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989
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1989

CHÂTEAU MONTROSE 1989

Wine 1989 2ème Cru Classé  Bordeaux Saint Estèphe

Historically early year. The entire growing season was particularly hot, sunny and dry. The conditions were therefore ideal for bud burst, flowering, veraison, ripening and harvesting.
An exceptional year, an exceptional wine.

Harvest date : September 11- September 28

Assembly : Cabernet Sauvignon: 65%, Merlot: 25%, Cabernet Franc: 10%

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100 / 100 Rated by 5 experts

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100 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate March - 2017
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
For many years I have vehemently argued that the 1989 Montrose is a benchmark wine for the estate. Having tasted it several times over the last couple of months, I have never found a single occasion to alter that view. Tasted at the vertical in London, it continues to shine, having never lost any of its luster in recent years. It is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc that was picked from 11 to 28 September. Lucid in color, the aromatics do not hold back with vibrant blackberry, blueberry and black truffle, hints of sous-bois, all with sensational precision that few can match in this vintage (indeed, its precision lends it a veneer of modernity since "precision" is now more commonplace across Bordeaux). The palate is brilliantly balanced with filigree tannin. There is wonderful backbone here, extremely fresh and tensile, crystalline even with an exceptional detail, mineral-rich finish that lingers in the mouth. Difficult to fault, this might well be the greatest 1989 Montrose that I have tasted, and certainly wishing to take nothing away from the 1990 Montrose that I tasted alongside, the 1989 is now the one I would pick. Is this the greatest Saint Estèphe of the 1980s? I would put it within the top five Bordeaux of the 1980s. 
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98 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider October - 2021
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
 A thrilling wine that is happily catching up to the 90 in quality, and sadly, catching up in price as well. Full-bodied, deep, concentrated, long, intense, complex and powerful, the wine opens with an incredible nose of tobacco leaf, cedar, cigar box, ash, spice and currants. There is fabulous volume, weight and density on the palate and in the long, cigar, and red berry-packed finish. An hour of air would really add a lot to the wine. In a few more years, I'd bet and give odds this scores even higher!
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18 / 20
Jancis Robinson February - 2019
Jancis Robinson
 Rich, round, almost treacle. Pretty impressive. And by no means fading.
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96 / 100
Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator
(2010) Intense aromas of crushed blackberry and mineral turn to dried flowers and dried fruits, staying fresh on the nose. Full-bodied, offering big, round tannins and loads of ripe, seductive fruit. This is decadent and wild, turning nutty and fruity. A beautiful bottle. This is very close in quality to the legendary 1990.
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95 / 100
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine February - 2017
Adrian van Velsen - vvWine
Medium Bordeaux red, beautiful shine. Open nose, floral, spicy, red fruit, smoke, exciting, playful, leather, very good complexity. Very rich palate, dense, dark fruit, cherries, plums, leather, sensational structure, still tannin, good acidity, rich fruit, a powerhouse, dense yet elegant, very long finish. A Bordeaux at its peak, classic and with a claim to greatness.
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Vintage Wine  1989
Classification Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Saint Estèphe
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Montrose
Château Montrose

Château Montrose is one of the most iconic estates in the Saint-Estèphe appellation, on the left bank of Bordeaux. Classified as a Deuxième Grand Cru Classé in 1855, it embodies the power, longevity and stylistic rigor characteristic of the great wines of the northern Médoc. Located at the southern tip of Saint-Estèphe, immediately bordering the Gironde, the estate benefits from an exceptionally homogeneous terroir, often compared to that of its greatest neighboring classified growths in Pauillac.

The Château Montrose vineyard extends over approximately 95 hectares in a single block, planted predominantly with Cabernet Sauvignon, complemented by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a touch of Petit Verdot. This composition gives the wines a deep structure, a marked aromatic intensity and a remarkable aging potential. The Montrose style is distinguished by its balance between controlled power, freshness and tannin precision.

Aged for approximately eighteen months in French oak barrels, this grand vin requires many years of cellaring. The estate counts among its legends 1921, 1929, the 1982 vintage and 1990, while the 2009 wine and the 2010 vintage proudly represent its recent period. La Dame de Montrose, the second selection born in 1983, offers a more approachable reading of the same terroir. The estate also produces a renowned second wine, La Dame de Montrose, crafted to the same exacting standards and offering a more accessible expression of the terroir.

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