Wine:

Beautiful and fresh, rather full-bodied compared to other wines from the vintage, the 2017 Red Dame de Montrose Saint-Estèphe offers a beautiful, voluptuous and classic reading of the estate’s style. It boasts aromas of cocoa, violets, black fruits and spices. It is a complete, straight and delicate wine with a velvety and mineral palate. A very beautiful bottle that will evolve favorably for another ten years. One of the most beautiful Dame de Montrose wines in the estate’s history.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, vinified in stainless steel tanks, aged for 12 months in barrels, 35% of which are new wood.

Color:

Purple red of good intensity.

Nose:

Aromas of black fruits and cocoa punctuated by scents of violet and spices.

Palate:

Full-bodied and voluptuous with intense flavors of fruit, this wine has a fine, straight structure with a velvety finish and a beautiful minerality.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Rack of lamb with porcini mushrooms, quail with figs, duck legs confit, Charolais steak.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2035

Icon of the Saint-Estèphe appellation, the Château Montrose is one of the most sought-after signatures of the region. The change of course and ambition instilled by Martin Bouygues immediately raised the bar of this already well-established estate, granting it a new state-of-the-art cellar and an elite team, led by Hervé Berland, former Mouton-Rothschild director.

The terroir has reacted quickly to these Formula 1 adjustments and has been producing some of the finest wines in the history of the cru for several years now. The 2017 vintage is exceptional, and rated 98/100 Parker.