Château Montrose 2015 – Saint-Estèphe, 2ème Cru Classé

The nose is aromatic, fruity, elegant, powerful (but well-balanced), concentrated, racy and offers a nice finesse, a slight juiciness as well as a good definition. It reveals notes of chocolate, wild strawberry and fresh wild raspberry associated with touches of blackberry, violet and soil (gravels / racy) as well as slight hints of sweet spices / caramelized oak. The palate is fruity, fresh, elegant, well-balanced, silky, harmonious, fine and offers a nice definition, a beautiful precision, power, a beautiful grain and a slight concentration. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy blackberry, strawberry and ripe/fresh raspberry / redcurrant / associated with touches of chocolate, toasted oak as well as discreet hints of spices. Tannins are fine, racy and structuring. Good length. (2023+)