1982 Montrose
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Description
Montrose-1982-750ml-PCGSIV-Red-Bordeaux-France
Montrose-1982-750ml-PCGSIV-Red-Bordeaux-France
Tasting Notes
| Robert Parker 90 | |
| A deep ruby/purple color with garnet in the middle is followed by fragrant aromas of roasted herbs, briny olives, saddle leather, and steak tartare. With a round, sweet entry, medium to full body, a supple, fat mid-palate, and a diffuse but glycerin-dominated, thick, juicy finish, this wine suggests full maturity, but is capable of lasting another 10-15 years | |
| Wine Spectator 96 | |
| Intense aromas of kirsch, currantand spice follow through to a full-bodied palate, with round, velvety tannins and a long, long finish. This is complex, changing on the the nose and palate. Layered and structured. Drinkable now, but will improve for many years to come. | |
| Neil Martin, Wine Journal, eRobert Parker 89 | |
| Tasted in London, this is certainly one of the better examples I have encountered of the Montrose 1982. It has a rather conservative, leafy bouquet that lacks a little cohesion, although I remarked that this bottle had more fruité than others: cranberry, a touch of truffle and sous-bois. The palate is medium-bodied and not as complex or as ambitious as Cos d?Estournel, but there is decent fruit intensity here, abraded by time towards again, a conservative, straight-laced Saint Estèphe that is ignorant of the great vintage it was born in. Yet still pleasurable. Tasted May 2011. |