Château Montrose 2018 – Saint-Estèphe

The nose is elegant, aromatic and offers a fine intensity, a fine freshness as well as an incisf side. It reveals notes of fleshy/fresh blackberry, fleshy/fresh strawberry and small notes of black cherry associated with fine touches of ripe/crunchy red fruits as well as hints of liquorice stick, flowers, vanilla, graphite, racy minerality and discreet hints of toasted. The palate is fruity, juicy, fresh, elegant, racy and offers a good definition, gourmandize, elegance, a beautiful finesse of the grain, a beautiful straightness, tension, a mineral frame as well as precision. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/fresh wild blackberry, cornflower, wild strawberry and small notes of juicy/crunchy small red berries associated with fine touches of fresh/juicy cassis/plum, racy minerality, fine hints of violet, chocolate, toasted as well as very discreet hints of cardamom and tea. Tannins are elegant and racy. Good length.