WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 815; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 856. The average score for Château Montrose is 893, 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 2008 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Montrose: Aromatic, Streamlined, Grainy, Understated, Loose. The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2017) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2030). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Margaux 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Langoa-Barton 2009, Château Cantemerle 2011, Château Haut-Bailly 2007.
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 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
57 |