2025 Château Montrose
"...a Montrose that will rank as one for the ages. Wow ...98-100 points." Neal Martin, Vinous, May '26
Released this morning en primeur at £618 per six bottles in bond, the 2025 Château Montrose has earned potential 100-point barrel scores from at least three leading critics, including Neal Martin and William Kelley. From the moment we tasted it, there was no doubt in our minds that this is an exceptional wine—one that will be discussed and celebrated for many years to come. The critics' acclaim only reinforces that impression.
Since 2023, only vines on the heart of the historic Montrose estate (on 'Terrasse IV' gravel terroir) are used in the grand vin. Reducing the quantity of wine produced in the pursuit of quality has helped to ensure that Montrose is, once again, one of the wines of the vintage this year.
In the context of Montrose’s recent run of outstanding vintages, the 2025 looks to be particularly compelling value. It is being released at approximately £200 per six bottles below the current market price of the highly acclaimed 2016—a wine that many critics consider marginally less impressive than the 2025.
Please let us know if you would like to add some to your cellar.
Offered en primeur. Landing spring 2028.
Magnums available with £25 ex-VAT bottling surcharge per six, please enquire for other formats.
All previous offers of 2025 Bordeaux can be found here.
Producer Profile
Château Montrose
Château Montrose is a Deuxième Cru Classé estate in the commune of Saint-Estèphe. In the 18th century, the land at Montrose was primarily used for hunting. The origin of the name is uncertain but one story is that the pinkish heather which grew here earned it the name 'Mont Rose'. In the early nineteenth century the land part of the Calon-Ségur estate. It was first planted fully with vines in 1815, by Etienne Théodore Dumoulin.
The 95 hectares of vines are on a single plot of gravel and sandy soils over clay. Positioned close to the Gironde estuary, the vineyards benefit from the thermo-regulation effect of the river, often avoiding frosts when other estates are affected. The vines are divided into over 80 small plots, some just a few metres, with micro-vinification used to treat each plot uniquely.
The estate is owned by the Bouygues family (Martin and Olivier Bouygues own a construction and communications empire in France which includes TV channel TF1). Melissa Bouygues is CEO at Montrose and the family also own Château Tronquoy Lalande, along with Clos Rougeard in Saumur and a share in Domaine Henri Rebourseau in the Côte de Nuits. The second wine of the estate is Dame de Montrose.
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