In Bond Fine Wine. 2023 Château Montlandrie, Castillon, Bordeaux, France. Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 94/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2027–2042. 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.
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 91–93/100 · Vinous, 30/04/2024 · Drink 2028-2038
The 2023 Montlandrie is a rich, expansive wine. In 2023, the blend includes more Cabernet Sauvignon than in the past, and that comes through in the wine's textural breadth. Succulent dark plum, creme de cassis, lavender, spice, leather, tobacco, incense and dried herbs build effortlessly in the glass, culminating in a broad, resonant finish that is quite striking. This Montlandrie is such a gorge…
Neal Martin (NM) — 92–94/100 · Vinous, 29/04/2024 · Drink 2027-2047
The 2023 Montlandrie sees a change in composition, as a plot of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon that No'mie Durantou planted in 2021 enters the blend for the first time. She found the first-pressed wine for the Cabernet Sauvignon impressive, so she also added that to the blend. The result is 55% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, picked between September 18 and 30 and ma…
William Kelley (WK) — 90–92/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 26/04/2024
A blend of 55% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon matured 50% in new oak, the 2023 Montlandrie offers up aromas of flowers, wild dark berries and mulberries with a touch of reduction. Medium to full-bodied, dense and rich with a concentrated core of fruit, it's enrobing and charming with structuring tannins and a long, licorice and smoke-inflected finish. It will offer a broad…