Joe Fischer

9.2

Classic aromas of peach, pear, minerality, steely, and white flowers. On the bud, it’s has a nice body and acidity. Apple and a bit of nuttiness. — a month ago

David Koenen

9.2

Best one from the bunch I bought some 20 years ago. Dark, mysterious red. Full bodied, powerful. Spice box. Coffee grind, dark chocolate and cherries. Dusty, cacao like tannins. Bold and brazen. — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

2023 | Riper and more sun, violets in smell — 6 months ago

Carter White

8.9

Good value. — 9 months ago

Willem Booij

9.5

There are bottles I expect to be great, and then there are bottles that still manage to stop me in your tracks.

Château Montus Cuvée Prestige 1998 is firmly in that second category.

This wine has rested quietly in my cellar for nearly three decades, patiently waiting, gathering depth rather than dust. Opening it tonight feels less like uncorking a bottle and more like releasing a memory that has been maturing alongside time itself.

I use to secretly hide this wine among a line up of great clarets and it always stood out!

From the first pour, it’s clear: this wine is fully evolved, yet beautifully alive. The once powerful Tannat backbone has softened into something remarkably refined. The texture is silky, rich, almost velvety, no rough edges left, only harmony.

Dark fruit has given way to layers of leather, cedar, dried plum, cocoa and subtle spice. Everything is integrated, calm, confident. A wine that no longer needs to prove anything.

What amazes me most is not just how good it is, but how complete it feels. This is maturity without fatigue. Depth without heaviness. Power transformed into elegance, love it!

I’ve always known that wines from Château Montus, under the vision of the great Alain Brumont, were built for the long haul. Crafted from old-vine Tannat, grown on the steep, clay-limestone slopes of Madiran, Cuvée Prestige is fermented and aged with patience and intent, often spending extended time in new French oak. It was never meant to be rushed i learned decades ago.

Still, every time I open a mature Montus, I surprise myself all over again.

1998 has reached a point where everything makes sense. It is fully on its drinking window, perhaps right at its sweet spot, and it delivers pure pleasure, calmly and generously.

A reminder that great wine is not about price, prestige, power or extraction, but about time, trust, and restraint.

This bottle didn’t just age well.
It became something greater. 95 WBP — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 — 6 months ago

Space

9.4

Выпито 02.01.26 half bottle за обедом с Ирой. Очень очень достойное шардоне 2022 года. — 3 months ago

Vitaly Domnenko

9.1

Bm+. Tm. Am. Fm. — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

2023 | smell like a peacock tail, multi layered with pear, citrus, galia melon and much concentration. Beautiful. — 6 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Medium lemon color with aromas of stone fruit and citrus with nutty notes. On the palate flavors of apple, lime citrus and pear, balanced acidity, with honeysuckle and floral notes. Medium+ finish adding a touch of vanilla ending with smoky and flinty mineral spice character. — 8 months ago