2020 La Dame de Montrose - Zweitwein Chateau Montrose - St. Estephe AC

Decanter.com - 93 pts - GH: *Soft purple flowers on the nose, quite perfumed and seductive tones with ripe black fruit, peonies, blueberries and plums. Rich and supple, round with mouthwatering acidity - clean and crisp, steely and mineral with a core of crushed stones, pencil lead, slate and liquorice-edged black fruits. Power and concentration - it's plush and potent, but also quite tight with the flavours expanding vertically. Not as generous and openly friendly at this point but so svelte and well worked with a sense of style to it.* - 01/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 92 pts – PM: *Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, opaker Kern, zarte Randaufhellung. Nuancen von Kräutern und Brombeeren, frisch schwarze Kirschen, ein Hauch von Edelholz, Nugat und kandierten Orangenzesten. Mittlere Komplexität, rotbeerige Frucht, straffe, noch etwas fordernde Tannine, mineralisch, zitronig, trocknet im Abgang etwas aus, braucht Zeit.* - 02/2023

WeinWisser – 17,5/20 pts – GL, TW: *Verhaltener Beginn, fast scheu, Brasiltabak, helles Graphit und rote Johannisbeere. Am kompakten Gaumen mit weicher Textur, stützendem Tannin - gerüst, engmaschiger Körper. Im gebündelten Finale rote Beeren, Sandelholz und geringer Alkoholgehalt, alles in Balance. Erinnert mich an den 2016er Jahrgang.* – 03/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 16,5/20pts – JL: *Lithe and fruit-driven with dark-fruit, mint and herbal notes. Tannins finely etched. Nothing forced. Natural feel and flavour. Clean, dry finish.* - 04/2021

quarin.com - 15,75/20pts - JMQ: *Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez moyennement aromatique, fruité et crémeux. Généreux à l’attaque, savoureux et puissant au milieu, le vin évolue vers une finale un brin âpre, même si le goût revient derrière. Bonne longueur.* - 05/21

Vinous.com – 94 pts – AG: *The 2020 La Dame de Montrose is fabulous. Rich, dense and expansive, the 2020 offers notable vibrancy and a good bit of energy too. Bright acids cut through a core of red/purplish fruit in what is an intense, wonderfully saline Dame. The 2020 finishes with remarkable elegance and sophistication.* - 12/2022

Vinous.com – 92 pts – NM: *The 2020 La Dame de Montrose has slightly more alcohol than the Grand Vin. It has a lovely bouquet with predominantly black fruit, cedar and light briny scents, impressive focus and intensity for a /Deuxième Vin/. The palate is medium-bodied with gentle grip on the entry, quite fresh considering the warmth that summer, fine /mineralité/ with a saline finish. There is a pleasant strictness at the moment, a very capable La Dame that should give 15 years of drinking pleasure.* - 12/2022

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 93 pts – JL: *Earthy, blackberries, herbs, licorice and roses are found in the nose. On the palate, the wine is packed with layers of dark red and black fruits, round, creamy tannins and a touch of roasted, leafy herbs in the mid-palate and in the finish. This baby Montrose is perfect to enjoy while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2023-2038.* - 03/2023