93 James Suckling
What a nose for a second wine! Lovely cassis and delicately leafy/earthy aromas. It’s a rare beast: a really mineral red Bordeaux. This has excellent balance of ripeness and fresh dry tannins and acidity. Long, clean finish.
90 Wine Spectator
Offers a brisk, racy feel, with red currant, damson plum and Campari notes coursing through, carried by a bright iron spine through the savory-flecked finish. Very pure and firmly grounded in terroir. Best from 2018 through 2026. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
89 Robert Parker
The 2014 La Dame de Montrose lagged a long way behind the superlative Grand Vin at primeur, but has since made up some ground. Now in bottle, it has a nicely poised bouquet with red cherries, bilberry and crushed violets. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp acidity, tightly wound and linear, a conservative La Dame de Montrose that I suspect will age better than I originally thought.<br/>
16 Rene Gabriel
Dunkles Granat, recht satt in der Mitte, rubiner Rand. Würziges Bouquet, zeigt einen schönen Terroirapproach, weisser Pfeffer und getrocknete Küchenkräuter, rote Pflaumenschalen und Tabaknuancen. Im Gaumen muskulös, vordergründige, kernige Tannine zeigend, wirkt asketisch und man würde ihm - zumindest in dieser Primeurprobe - etwas mehr Fleisch am Knochen wünschen. Wird noch etwas zulegen können mit dem Barriquenfett. Aber so richtig sexy wir das Ding nie werden.
What a nose for a second wine! Lovely cassis and delicately leafy/earthy aromas. It’s a rare beast: a really mineral red Bordeaux. This has excellent balance of ripeness and fresh dry tannins and acidity. Long, clean finish.