GaryWEdwards

9.5

Youthful and filled with promise of a great wine for decades to come. Benefits from generous decant to bring the lavender and dark berry together. — 6 months ago

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Paula Strebig

9.1

Dark red, moderate legs, cherry on the nose. Red fruit, hints of spicy cassis. Smooth, long, finish with something un- identifiable ( due to COVid). Paula’s Birthday at Briquettes steak house in Mobile AL- bacon wrapped fillet mignon, baked potato, grilled veggies & key lime pie. — 4 years ago

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Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Wine is going through a difficult period but contains such promise. Sharp, delineated, super long and super closedForget this for minimum ten years. I would probably score it higher in a few more years — 4 years ago

Jeff Choy

9.3

Young but already showing so much promise. — 7 months ago

Konrad Ziegler

9.2

Big flavor Pinot from Washington — 2 years ago

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9.6

The 2018 Montrose delivers on the promise that it showed from barrel. I gave this a three-hour decant before broaching, since Montrose is always backward, albeit far less ferociously than even just a decade ago. It offers copious blackberry and blueberry scents on the nose, plus pressed violets and a light estuarine scent that becomes accentuated with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a silky-smooth texture. Finely chiseled tannins frame multilayered black fruit infused with crushed stone, and it has retained that subtle graphite element that lends it a Pauillac-like personality, though less so than out of barrel. This is a beautifully defined Montrose with entrancing symmetry, and it should drink earlier than other recent vintages thanks to a little more pliancy. (Neal Martin, Vinous, March 2021)
— 4 years ago

Mike Evans

9.3

Shows lots of promise but still needs time. — a year ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Structured showing great promise. — 3 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.4

Closed, don’t drink now but great promise — 4 years ago

Willem Booij

9.2

Just a good GCC from a very good year. Great value for the reasonable price. Dark fruit and some shaped tannins promise at least 2 decades ahead. — 4 years ago