Château Montlandrie 2025
Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 14.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2042 |
| Grapes: 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon | |
"Château Montlandrie has become one of the most reliable value buys in Bordeaux and, in 2025, it sits at the very top of my McLean Method value rankings. Part of the Denis Durantou stable, alongside the legendary L'Église-Clinet, it consistently delivers a level of quality that belies its modest appellation. The 2025 is everything I look for in a young Bordeaux: ripe, juicy and irresistibly approachable, packed with dark berry fruit, spice and floral notes, yet retaining enough freshness and structure to keep everything in balance. Whilst many wines of the vintage will require patience, Montlandrie is the sort of bottle that will provide immense pleasure both in its youth and over the medium term. At the price, it is one of the smartest buys of the entire campaign."
Gus McLean, Founder
Critic scores
Critic reviews
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Montlandrie is exceptional. A wine of dimension and energy, Montlandrie screams with energy. Blue/black cherry fruit, lavender, spice and grilled herbs possess notable density and sheer power. There's crazy depth and overall complexity here. I would love to taste this blind in a lineup of wines from more "prestigious" appellations."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Pumice stone, grilled bright fruits, so much character, a deliciously slow crawl across the palate, and so juicy at the same time, blood orange, pomegranate, moreish. 60% new oak. Harvest September 9 to 20, low ph of course on this high limestone plateau, love the energy that this wine gives you. 3.2ph (at harvest, now 3.4ph), Noémie Durantou winemaker."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Supple and fleshy with a chewy and bright aspect. Lots of fun on offer here with plenty of personality — ripe yet also freshly picked, just shy of tart strawberries, cranberries and red cherries. Clean and mineral on the finish with a wet stone element that lingers. Friendly, clean, focused yet still with intensity of fruit and push. A fine showing — zippy and alive, very balanced and refreshing. A yield of 38hl/ha. Ageing 60% new oak."
Geogina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Castillon, Côtes de Bordeaux; 60% Merlot; 20% Cabernet Franc; 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, in their second year of production; a final yield of 34 hl/ha; IPT 93; pH 3.40; 14.5% alcohol; tasted with Olivier Gautrat at Eglise Clinet). This contains all of the Cabernet Sauvignon, now in its second year of production. Supremely elegant when tasted after the more opulent succulence of the almost equally excellent Les Cruzelles. Once again, we have the insertion of the Cabernet through a frame set by the rich, full, generous Merlot, bringing a very tactile freshness and great complexity to the mid-palate. Graphite, a touch of cedar (from the Cabernet), crushed black peppercorns and a dense and compact dark berry and cherry fruit. Not too ample in frame, but with lots of vertical structure and layering. This is very much a vin de garde but its so fresh and succulent and juicy, vivid too, that you really struggle to spit this even en primeur. Probably the best I've ever tasted from here. It transports its tannins so incredibly (with an IPT of 93!)."
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com