Country: France

Region: Bordeaux - Saint-Estephe

Vintage: 2022

Cépage: Cabernet Sauvignon (65%); Merlot (25%); Cabernet Franc (8%); Petit Verdot (2%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 100 (RP); 100 (JD); 99 (JS)

" From barrel, I wrote that 2022 Montrose was so compelling that assigning it a bracketed score seemed a mere formality, and so it has proven. Unwinding in the glass with a deep and brooding bouquet of cassis, wild blueberries, violets, pencil shavings and burning embers, it's full-bodied, deep and dense, somehow marrying all the tannic authority that has long been such a signature of Montrose with a suavity and purity that represents the quintessence of contemporary Bordeaux. The broad, palate-staining finish lasts for more than a minute. This is a profound young wine that readers aren't going to want to miss."

William Kelley (RP) - 03/25