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Dame de Montrose (2nd wine of Montrose) 2010

St Estephe, Second wine

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One of the best second wines, and possibly the best since the 1990 is the 2010 La Dame de Montrose. This represents 36% of the production and is a blend of two grapes - 64% Cabernet Sauvignon and 36% Merlot. A superb second wine, opulent and substantively textured, it shares more in common with a flamboyant, exuberant year such as 2009 than most 2010s. Dense purple, its oodles of fruit, luxurious mouthfeel and terrific finish make it a sleeper of the vintage. It’s a wine to buy in abundant quantities and drink over the next 10-15+ years.

Score: 94

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2013-2028+ 01 February 2013

The estate’s second wine represents 36% of the production in 2010. Composed of two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, it is one of the finest examples of this cuvee I have yet tasted. Intense blueberry and cassis fruit intertwined with floral notes, a plump, unctuous texture and abundant fruit characterize this seductive, fleshy wine. Consume it over the next 10-15 years.

Score: 91 - 93

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 04 May 2011

Bright red cherry flavours. Open, cherry and plum fruits accompanied by a touch of spice. No great complexity but sandy tannins and a refreshing finish.

Score: 89 - 91

Albany Vintners, - 27 April 2011

64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 36% of total production. Very deep crimson. Lovely scented top note and then sumptuously round texture. Fresh and lively with good muscles. Excellent balance and really very flattering without being overripe or sweet. It finishes dry and minerally. Fine skeined. Really a very fine wine indeed - well done! Provided you don’t mind a lack of flesh in the middle... 13.7%

Score: 17

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2017-2025 21 April 2011

Tasted at the Château, the La Dame represents 36% of total production and is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon and 36% Merlot. It demonstrates great purity on the nose, a floral note that I have not encountered on La Dame before (perhaps more feminine in keeping with the name?) The palate is very smooth and refined, silky in the mouth with succulent blackcurrant and cassis towards the finish that belies some fine tannins underneath. It is just...delicious now and one hopes, in bottle. Drink 2013-2020. Tasted March 2011.

Score: 90 - 92

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2013-2020 13 April 2011

Rich smoky cassis fruit, good middle sweetness and lift, less depth than expected.

Score: 16

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2015-2020 01 April 2011

Bright damson plum, cherry and black currant fruit races along in this invigorating red, with mouthwatering acidity and a superfresh, iron-filled finish that has a nice rapier feel. Sleek and long.

Score: 91 - 94

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 31 March 2011