Bid on this bottle of 1970 Montrose, St-Estèphe (96TWI, 95JG). The Wine Independent: "The 1970 Montrose is pale to medium tawny in color. Fragrant notes of Jasmine tea, dried cherries, and cranberries spill from the glass, leading to touches of rose oil, tobacco, and leather. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is lively and layered, featuring a whole firework display of mineral sparks with a powdery texture and perfumed finish. (LPB)" (09/2023)
1970 Montrose, St-Estèphe
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1970 Montrose, St-Estèphe
96TWI
95JG
Quantity:1Bottle Size:750 mlFill Level:Mid ShoulderLabel Condition:Lightly Bin Soiled LabelCork Condition:Signs of past seepageCapsule Condition:Slightly Oxidized Capsule
Reviews
96
The Wine Independent
09/2023
The 1970 Montrose is pale to medium tawny in color. Fragrant notes of Jasmine tea, dried cherries, and cranberries spill from the glass, leading to touches of rose oil, tobacco, and leather. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is lively and layered, featuring a whole firework display of mineral sparks with a powdery texture and perfumed finish. (LPB)
95
John Gilman
07/2006
The ’70 vintage of Montrose has always been one of my favorites for this property, and this particular bottle showed outstandingly well. The bouquet is very, very deep and delivers a wonderfully complex mélange of cassis, black raspberry, cigar box, woodsmoke, a stellar expression of Montrose earthy soil, herbs and a judicious framing of cedary, spicy wood. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, young and urgent, with great acids, a rock solid core of black fruit, excellent expression of terroir, and profound length and grip on the mineral-infused finish. The ’70 Montrose is still a tad on the young side, and will continue to improve over the next twenty years, and should have no difficulty lasting another fifty! To give some idea of just how good the ’70 Montrose is, we paired it up with the ’70 Latour! I have a very, very hard time imagining that the highly-touted 1989 and 1990 will ever be as good as the 1970 Montrose.
