WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 829; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 856. 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Montrose: Unctuously, Scorched, Astounding, Voluptuous, Opulence, Equilibrium, Summer, Perfection, Abundant, Damp. The wine is ready to drink now (2018) 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Montrose 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
162 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
199 |