Château Montrose 2015

Giuseppe Lauria - Fine Wine Guide

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

This is another gem that is much better from bottle than barrel. There is a smoky, spicy character to the waves of fruit on your palate. Full bodied, concentrated, long, fresh and clean, with a finish that stick with for at least 40 seconds. Comparing with the 2014, 2016 and 2017 over the years is going to make for a lot of fun tastings!

Andreas Larsson - Tasted

Inky dark purple core and an approaching maturity on the rim. Great purity and intensity, classy cabernet aromas of cassis, black fruit, tobacco, violet with fine and dicreet oak notes underneath. The palate is rich and unctuous with fine proportions, good intensity of fine tannin adding lift and freshness, digest dark fruit with cassis, cherry, sage and mint flavours, perfectly integrated wood and a very long and lingering finish. Still youthful but perfectly drinkable today.

Izak Litwar - Great Wines from Bordeaux

67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc. 13,8% alcohol. Intense, spicy blackcurrants on the nose, with a big concentration of everything. It has great depth and length, as well as fabulous complexity and richness. It seems to be in a deep sleep now, with the tannins at the forefront. A long-time runner of excellent quality.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Only 36% of the production went into the 2015 Montrose, a wine that's reminiscent of a smaller-scaled, less profound version of the estate's 2009. Bursting with aromas of dark berries, cigar wrapper, loamy soil, incense and smoke, it's full-bodied, broad and ample, with a rich, enveloping profile and a long, expansive finish. The 2014 has more potential, but if you're looking for a Montrose vintage to drink young, this is it.

Jeb Dunnuck

Another wine I was able to taste on multiple occasions, the 2015 Montrose is a certainly the wine of Saint-Estèphe in 2015. Notes of cassis, damp earth, violets, and graphite/lead pencil notes all flow to a beautifully pure, elegant and multi-dimensional 2015 that has fine, polished tannin, perfect balance, and a great finish. The 2015 is a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, all of which was brought up in 65% new oak. This isn’t a blockbuster yet is pure class all the way. It will be better in 4-5 years and keep for 2-3 decades.
In this critic’s opinion, Château Montrose is at the top of the pyramid in terms of quality in Saint-Estèphe. They’ve produced some of the best wines in the vintage from the northern Médoc in 2015, and possibly the wine of the vintage in 2016.

James Suckling

Intensity and clarity of fruit is so insane. Blackberries, spices such as cloves, blueberries, sandalwood and dried lavender. Full body and such a beautiful, dense center palate with perfectly polished tannins. Extremely long and beautiful. One of the best young Montroses in a long, long time. Drink in 2024.