La Dame de Montrose 2017

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2017 La Dame de Montrose is a blend of 49% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot, aged in 30% new and 70% one-year old barrels for 12 months. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps from the glass with warm red currants, black cherries and black raspberry scents, followed by earthy/underbrush notions plus hints of violets, dark chocolate and pencil lead. Medium to full-bodied and firm, with loads of mouth-coating juicy fruit, it has a velvety texture and long, mineral-laced finish. It should be approachable pretty much from the get-go, although don't let its precociousness make you underestimate its aging potential. Nicely done!

James Suckling

Very pure and attractive red cherries, plums and wild herbs on the nose here. Impressive polish and poise on the palate. The cabernet fits really beautifully into the merlot, delivering cassis, ripe red plums and spiced mulberries. A blend of 49% merlot, 43% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc and 4% petit verdot. Second wine of Château Montrose. Drink or hold. Better after 2022.

Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, racy and offers a fine juiciness, a fine power, a fine freshness, gourmandize as well as a fine intensity. It reveals notes of blackberry, raspberry, wild strawberry and fine touches of ripe small wild fruits associated with fine/discreet touches of gravels (Graves), graphite, a subtle hint of violet/lilac as well as a very discreet iodine hint and Cuben pepper. The palate is fresh, fruity, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, a beautiful acid frame, juiciness, suavity, fat, a very fine unctuosity as well as a beautiful finesse of the grain. On the finish this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, fleshy cassis and more slightly black cherry, red berries, wild raspberry associated with a hint of fresh flowers, mentholed liquorice as well as discreet touches of cocoa, caramelized oak, a very discreet hint of sugared mild tobacco and toasted. Tannins are fine, elegant and very slightly chewy. Chews on the finish. Good length and good persistence.