Montrose - Saint Estephe 2005 750ML hidden which is lacking a bit

which is lacking a bit in the mid-palate

It was raised in the same cooperages as Ausone with a very low toasting

If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a bottle

Rich chocolate orange with a fondant creaminess

deep cherry-red with a garnet-red rim

Montrose - Saint Estephe 2005 750ML hidden which is lacking a bitThe 2005 Montrose continues to show brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with notes of blackcurrant, red fruits, loamy soil, black truffles and cigar ash. Full bodied, deep and concentrated, it's still brooding and tannic, with lively acids and an imposing chassis of structuringand artery cleansingextract. Still an adolescent, it's one of the last unrepentantly old school vintages of Montrose, and Mdoc purists couldn't own enough. While this remains a