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Montrose(2003)

Château Bel Air Saint Estephe (2003)
Château Bel Air Saint Estephe 2003

SnoothRank: 4

US $12.75


Les Pagodes de Cos St. Estephe (2003)
Les Pagodes de Cos St. Estephe 2003

SnoothRank: 4.5

US $31.42


Château Tronquoy-Lalande St.-Estèphe (2003)
Château Tronquoy-Lalande St.-Estèphe 2003

SnoothRank: 4

US $36.99



Stephen Tanzer
International Wine Cellar
Issue 126, May/June 2006
96/100
August 2007
($175-$250) Good medium-deep ruby-red. Superripe, roasted aromas of black raspberry, chocolate and licorice. Wonderfully dense, sweet and lush, with an early roundness rare for this wine. A monumental St. Estephe with almost confectionery sweetness. Wonderfully horizontal, palate-saturating wine with huge but thoroughly ripe, lush tannins. It's hard to believe that a wine this rich and deep could be carrying just 13.2% alcohol. The only thing missing here is the floral topnote of 2005, but that's a quibble in this baking-hot vintage, as Montrose's cooler, water-retentive read more...
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
95/100
August 2007
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Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
Issue 164
97/100
August 2007
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