In Bond Fine Wine. 2019 Château Montlandrie, Castillon, Bordeaux, France. Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 92/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2023+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Made by the talented Durantou family. One of the best wines from Castillon, from its highest slope, Montlandrie gets better every year. Production is small and the wine is typically 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Jane Anson (JA) — 94/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 26/01/2022 · Drink 2023-2036
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.
James Lawther MW (JLM) — 16.5/20 · JancisRobinson.com, 25/05/2020 · Drink 2025-2034
Bright and lifted on the nose. Dark-fruit aromatics with a lingering chalky note. Fresh and layered on the palate, the limestone terroir again apparent. Firm, fresh and dry with plentiful tannins and a stony, pebble-sucking finish. Muscular but refined at the same time. (JL) 14.5%
Neal Martin (NM) — 92–94/100 · Vinous, 16/06/2020 · Drink 2024-2044
The 2019 Montlandrie, Denis Durantou's Cotes de Castillon vineyard, was picked from 30 September with the Cabernets picked 7-10 October before maturation in 40% new oak. It has a well-defined, very focused and compelling bouquet with intense cranberry and raspberry scents laced with cedar and sous-bois. The palate is exquisite: built around a core of finely chiseled tannins, a mélange of black an…