Dame de Montrose - Saint-Estèphe 2021

matthewjukes.com

17,5 / 20

byMatthew Jukesthe8/2/2022

‘Merlot behaves as Cabernet here’ according to Hélène Brochet, Communications Director at Montrose. This is a strong vintage for Montrose, and with no fewer than 62 parcels picked over 11 days, this is a labour-intensive patchwork all of its own. Firm and strict, with great tension and acidity, this wine needs time to blossom, but all of the ingredients are here for outstanding success. The Merlot plays a vital role here with plum and redcurrant notes, and yet the other varieties bring structure and gravitas to the finished wine. 17.5+

Jamessuckling.com

92-93 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe6/8/2022

A fine and silky St.-Estephe with medium body and supple, fine tannins. Fresh. Pretty blue and purple fruit with stone and some ash notes. Refined and elegant. 53% merlot, 38% cabernet sauvignon, 6% petit verdot and 3% cabernet franc.

Jeb DUNNUCK

89-91 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/2/2022

The second wine of unquestionably one of the leaders in the Northern Médoc, the 2021 La Dame De Montrose is 53% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot. This juicy, medium-weight, elegant second wine shows the fresher style of the vintage, has good acidity, and supple tannins.

The Vintage Journal

93-94 / 100

byAndrew Caillard MWthe5/17/2022

Medium-deep crimson. Fragrant black cherry, blackcurrant dried rose aromas with some pastille notes. Generous supple and sweet fruited, with pure black berry/ blackcurrant pastille fruits and fine grainy hint cedary textures. Very good mid-palate richness and definition. Finishes gritty firm and minerally. 38% cabernet sauvignon, 53% merlot, 3% cabernet franc, 6% petit verdot.

The Wine Cellar Insider

89-91 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/16/2022

Tobacco leaf, currants, forest floor and cherries on the nose move you quickly to the medium-bodied, soft, fresh palate, finishing with all of its sweet, polished, red fruits with touches of peppery cherries in the finish. The wine is a blend of 53% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2023-2038. 89-91

Jane Anson

90 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/13/2022

Vinous

89-91 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/12/2022

The 2021 La Dame de Montrose, which represents 40% of the total production this year, has a perfumed bouquet with blackberry, raspberry coulis and light graphite scents. It needs a little more encouragement than previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with a fresh, saline entry. Modest depth, quite open and citrus-fresh, this conveys a sense of joie-de-vivre even at this prenatal stage. Good "bite" on the finish. This should drink well for a decade, possibly more.

Vinous

90-92 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/11/2022

The 2021 La Dame de Montrose offers lovely immediacy in a plump, juicy style that will offer plenty of near and medium-term appeal. Technical Director Vincent Decup chose gentler extractions, which comes through in the wine's forward, supple personality. Press wines were blended back later to add structure. In 2021 La Dame is not terribly complex, but it is absolutely delicious.

vvwine

92-94 / 100

byAdrian Van Velsenthe5/10/2022

38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 52% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot. Dunkles Rubinrot. Die Nase ist steinig, kühl, anfangs distanziert, öffnet sich mehr und mehr, zeigt dunkle Beeren, subtile Röstnoten, schwarze Kirschen. und eine herrliche Würze. Im Gaumen saftig und frisch, mit guter Struktur, einer knackigen Frucht und sehr feinen Tanninen, nichts überwiegt, die Säure ist perfekt integriert, harmonisch, frisch und von guter Länge. Eine charmante Dame, die früh für entzückende Tischgespräche sorgen wird. 2025-2038+ (Verkostet im April 2022. Château Montrose)

Anthocyanes

92-94 / 100

byYohan Castaingthe5/6/2022

Assemblages réalisés. 40 % de la récolte. Très charmeur au nez avec une pointe aromatique plutôt florale, La Dame se veut charmeuse, fraiche, friande et presque gourmande. Bouche d'une grande fraicheur, tendue et sur l'allonge, avec une texture cristalline, élégante et des tanins structurants parfaitement contenus. Aérien et droit. Belle bouche remplie et verticale.

Wine Advocate

88-90 / 100

byWilliam Kelleythe4/29/2022

Representing some 40% of the estate's production, the 2021 La Dame de Montrose offers up aromas of sweet berries, black truffle and burning embers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, seamless and elegant palate that's pure and precise. It's a fine effort that will likely take on additional depth with élevage.

Decanter.com

90 / 100

byGeorgina Hindlethe4/1/2022

Cocoa dusted blackberries and strawberries, you get that deep core, the baked fruit with aromatics touches - more herbal than the grand vin. Quite high-toned, verging on sharp with a real brightness and vivacity to the red cherry and strawberry fruit. Fruit forward, smooth and direct, with mouthwatering acidity to the fore. You salivate such a lot here - and then get the wet stone mineral notes cleansing the palate. Pierre Graffeuille replaces Hervé Berland here, having arrived in March and taking over fully in October. 3% Cabernet Franc completes the blend.

Drinking Window 2024 - 2036