65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 3,5% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Petit Verdot

Robert Parker: 94+, Neal Martin: 96, James Suckling: 96

Robert Parker: The 2005 Montrose has a saturated purple color. As backward as one would expect of a St.-Estephe, it offers notes of sweet blackcurrant and black cherry fruit, earth, graphite and spice. It is medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic, and still a decade away from prime-time drinkability. This 30+ year wine is clearly outstanding, but not one of the vintage's most prodigious efforts.