Tasting Notes

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The Wine Independent Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 12 Jun 24
A blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Montlandrie is deep garnet-purple in color. It opens with vivacious scents of kirsch, black raspberries, and wild blueberries, leading to wafts of spearmint, roses, aniseed, plus a hint of spice cake. The full-bodied palate is dense and so, so youthful, delivering beautifully ripe, rounded tannins and a long, lively finish. Pure energy.
Drinking Date: 2023 - 2039
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Inside Bordeaux Jane Anson - 26 Jan 22
This is an excellent vintage of Montlandrie, with smoked coffee and cocoa bean, a ton of salinity, powerful blue and red fruits, super juicy on the finish. Enticing curled woodsmoke as it comes out of the glass, slate finish with a scrape of minerality. 40% new oak. Harvest September 30 to October 10.
Drinking Date: 2023 - 2036
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Vinous Neal Martin - 01 Feb 23
The 2019 Montlandrie has quite an intense nose with blackberry, briary and desiccated orange peel scents, nicely delineated and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, cedar-infused black fruit, fresh and nicely structured with a quasi-Médoc finish that conveys a sense of energy. Very fine. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
Drinking Date: 2025 - 2042
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Bordeaux

Red Bordeaux, globally renowned, is crafted in France’s Bordeaux region from grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. These full-bodied wines feature dark fruit flavours, earthy and spicy notes, and often benefit from ageing. Top producers include Château Margaux, Château Latour, and Château Lafite Rothschild. White Bordeaux, made from Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, offers styles from crisp to rich, with citrus and tropical notes. Sweet Bordeaux wines, like Sauternes, are famed for their rich sweetness and flavours of apricot and honey, with Château d’Yquem as a leading producer.