WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 843; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 874. The average score for Château Montrose is 892, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Montrose they use words like Full, Fruit, Tannins, Deep, Purple, Fine, Ripe, Black, Cherry, Tannin, Power, Concentrated, Elegant, Cassis, Powerful. The 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Montrose: Expansive, Savory, Finesse, Graceful. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.38%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2006 (12.5% vs 13.01%). The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 5 years (by 2023). It normally takes wines from Château Montrose around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 19 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Margaux 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Malescot St Exupéry 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Montrose 2006
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
58 |