2018 La Dame de Montrose - Zweitwein Chateau Montrose - St. Estephe AC

Decanter.com – 93 pts – JA: *Visually gorgeous with bright plum colour. Black cherry and damson on the first sip, clear oak influence with flexible but far-reaching tannic structure. Some real tension and balance - no question that this has a long life ahead of it. Juicy also; for a second wine we are right up there.* - 11/2020

Falstaff Magazin – 94 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Ockerrandaufhellung. Mit zarter Edelholznote unterlegte schwarze Waldbeerfrucht, Pflaumen, ein Hauch von Lakritze und Brombeerkonfit, feine tabakige Nuancen, attraktives Bukett. Stoffig, komplex, extraktsüße Textur, reife dunkle Frucht, integrierte, tragende Tannine, etwas Nougat im Abgang, elegant und anhaftend, gutes Reifepotenzial.* - 02/2021

*Composed of 52% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc, harvested from September 17 to October 5, the deep garnet-purple colored 2018 La Dame de Montrose delivers a profound nose of baked plums, blackberry preserves and raisin cake with touches of dark chocolate, licorice, Chinese five spice and sandalwood. Full-bodied, rich and opulent in the mouth, it fills the palate with ripe, generous fruit, backed by firm, rounded tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and spicy.* (90-92/100)

Vinum Magazin – 15/20 pts: *Blumiges Holz; fleischig, saftig, kompaktes Tannin, deutlich feuriges Finale.* - 06/2019

Weinwisser – 18/20pts - WL: *52 % Merlot, 39 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 % Cabernet Franc, 5 % Petit Verdot. 14,5 % vol. Sattes Purpurgranat. Süsses Waldbeerbouquet, dahinter Damassine und Schokonoten sowie Lakritze. Am kräftigen Gaumen mit mehlimehligem Extrakt und zupackenden Tanninen, fein spröde mit zarter Adstringenz. Im gebündelten Finale mit schwarzbeerigen Konturen, stützender Mineralik, zarter Adstringenz und Wacholder. Grossartige Leistung für einen Zweitwein.* – 04/2019

JancisRobinson.com – 17/20pts – JR: *52% Merlot. Tasted blind. Mild nose. Pure, streamlined wine. Lots of both acidity and fine tannin. Not a blockbuster and perhaps just picked slightly early?* - 01/2022

*Very dense center palate to the La Dame this year with purity of fruit and round, velvety tannins. Juicy, too. Sexy. Reminds me of the 1989 Montrose!* (95-96/100)

Vinous.com – 92 pts – AG: *The 2018 La Dame de Montrose is such a gorgeous wine. Built on a core of Merlot, La Dame is silky, sensual and impossible to resist. Cedar, new leather, spice and tobacco add lift to essential sweet red berry fruit. La Dame is the sort of wine that can pass unobserved in 2018, but that would be a mistake, as it is truly superb. This is at its most elegant.* - 03/2021

Vinous.com – (90-92) pts – NM: *The 2018 La Dame de Montrose has a sweet black cherry and crème de cassis scented bouquet, scents of violet developing in the glass. It is like an exaggerated version of the previous vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with thick tannin. There is real volume and density to this La Dame de Montrose, the Cabernet Sauvignon expressive and imparting a graphite like note, despite being proportionately less than the Merlot in the blend. This is a very well crafted La Dame de Montrose that is going to give 15 to 20 years of drinking pleasure.* - 11/2019