La Dame de Montrose 2025
St-Estèphe
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£162.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.7% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2032 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2042 |
| Grapes: 82% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 5% Petit Verdot; 3% Cabernet Franc | |
Critic scores
91-93 RP, 90-92 NM, 91-93 AG, 93-94 JS, 93-95 JD, 92-94 LPB, 92 JA, 93 DC, 92-94 JL, 93-95 DB, 92 GM
Critic reviews
"Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, fruitcake and spices, the 2025 La Dame de Montrose is medium- to full-bodied, deep and dense, with a lively and layered core of fruit, supple tannins and a bright, sapid finish. It's a blend of 82% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc, incorporating maturation in different vessels (20% foudre and 5% amphora) and fewer rackings to maintain a more reductive profile that is better suited to the Merlot-dominant blend."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 La Dame de Montrose is matured in 15% new oak, lower than before and including some foudres and amphorae, and driven by the 82% Merlot. The nose offers red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, iodine and violet aromas coming forth with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, slightly chalky, fine tension and a surfeit of freshness towards the finish. This will be wholly irresistible once in bottle and it will require minimal ageing to be enjoyed."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 La Dame de Montrose is an elegant, gracious wine. Crushed flowers, red-toned fruit, cinnamon and pomegranate lend tons of aromatic presence. The fruit is so bright, focused and forward. This is an especially elegant, refined Dame. The blend is Merlot-driven. Élevage is 75% in French oak barrels (15% new), 20% in foudre and 5% in amphora."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Mouthwatering finish, plenty of slate character, pumice stone, rose bud, iris flowers, ripe but not overripe, clearly this is juicy with some bright fruits, but creamy underneath - a world away from the kind of exuberant 2022 vintage, so take your pick on which style you prefer. August 29 began harvesting the reds for the first time (in 2022 it was September 2), then continued until September 20 so almost one month harvest. Terrace 3 and young plants saw reduced canopy height to manage water stress, but on Terrace 4 (the main estate wine) they were able to work as normal. 30hl/ha yield. 15% new oak, 5% amphora. Lower new oak than usual so slightly shorter ageing is expected. Looking forward to tasting the new Terrace 3 wine which now sits in between La Dame and the main wine, not released En Primeur."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Incredible colour in the glass, bright pink-purple rim. Wild blue and black bramble berries with a salty tangy aspect on the nose – fresh and fragrant. Cool too. Smooth and shiny, this is sleek, really lively and upfront with such a juicy, fresh core. Quite lightly presented – definitely fine, delicate and refined with a soft edge of liquorice and clove. Really quite a hands-off style but there’s power surging through without the muscle. Quite impressive. 3.5pH. 76 IPT. 8% press. Ageing 12 months: 15% new oak, 20% foudre, 5% amphoras and the rest one-year-old barrels. 3% Cabernet Franc completes the blend."
Geogina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Estèphe; 82% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 5% Petit Verdot; 3% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; pH 3.50; 13.7% alcohol; tasted at Montrose with Charlotte Bouygues and Pierre Graffeuille). Sourced exclusively from Montrose's argilo-calcaire parcels. This is slightly closed at first but ultra-impressive, quite ample in frame, and very fine-grained in the quality of its tannins and the silken sheets of dark berry fruits from which it is composed. Damson, a little wild rosemary and that hint of St-Estèphe heather (there's almost certainly no heather in St-Estèphe but it somehow feels like there should be!). Gracious and yet immediately energetic and lively on the palate with a swirling freshness that ripples as it engages and energises the palate. Very sinuous and lively, vivid and fresh, this is really composed and very classy indeed."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 La Dame de Montrose is matured in 15% new oak, lower than before and including some foudres and amphorae, and driven by the 82% Merlot. The nose offers red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, iodine and violet aromas coming forth with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, slightly chalky, fine tension and a surfeit of freshness towards the finish. This will be wholly irresistible once in bottle and it will require minimal ageing to be enjoyed."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 La Dame de Montrose is an elegant, gracious wine. Crushed flowers, red-toned fruit, cinnamon and pomegranate lend tons of aromatic presence. The fruit is so bright, focused and forward. This is an especially elegant, refined Dame. The blend is Merlot-driven. Élevage is 75% in French oak barrels (15% new), 20% in foudre and 5% in amphora."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Mouthwatering finish, plenty of slate character, pumice stone, rose bud, iris flowers, ripe but not overripe, clearly this is juicy with some bright fruits, but creamy underneath - a world away from the kind of exuberant 2022 vintage, so take your pick on which style you prefer. August 29 began harvesting the reds for the first time (in 2022 it was September 2), then continued until September 20 so almost one month harvest. Terrace 3 and young plants saw reduced canopy height to manage water stress, but on Terrace 4 (the main estate wine) they were able to work as normal. 30hl/ha yield. 15% new oak, 5% amphora. Lower new oak than usual so slightly shorter ageing is expected. Looking forward to tasting the new Terrace 3 wine which now sits in between La Dame and the main wine, not released En Primeur."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Incredible colour in the glass, bright pink-purple rim. Wild blue and black bramble berries with a salty tangy aspect on the nose – fresh and fragrant. Cool too. Smooth and shiny, this is sleek, really lively and upfront with such a juicy, fresh core. Quite lightly presented – definitely fine, delicate and refined with a soft edge of liquorice and clove. Really quite a hands-off style but there’s power surging through without the muscle. Quite impressive. 3.5pH. 76 IPT. 8% press. Ageing 12 months: 15% new oak, 20% foudre, 5% amphoras and the rest one-year-old barrels. 3% Cabernet Franc completes the blend."
Geogina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Saint-Estèphe; 82% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 5% Petit Verdot; 3% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; pH 3.50; 13.7% alcohol; tasted at Montrose with Charlotte Bouygues and Pierre Graffeuille). Sourced exclusively from Montrose's argilo-calcaire parcels. This is slightly closed at first but ultra-impressive, quite ample in frame, and very fine-grained in the quality of its tannins and the silken sheets of dark berry fruits from which it is composed. Damson, a little wild rosemary and that hint of St-Estèphe heather (there's almost certainly no heather in St-Estèphe but it somehow feels like there should be!). Gracious and yet immediately energetic and lively on the palate with a swirling freshness that ripples as it engages and energises the palate. Very sinuous and lively, vivid and fresh, this is really composed and very classy indeed."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com