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Buy Wine from Château Montrose
Château Montrose, a beautiful name, isn't it? Where does the term Montrose come from? Musical, feminine and with heavenly rose nuances! Truth is that what is today known as Château Montrose was a heather covered hill during the 18th century that took on a rosy shade during the spring. Sailors who dock their ship at the Gironde estuary called it pink mountain, therefore the French nomination Montrose.
Château Montrose beginnings date back to the 18th century when Nicolas Alexandre de Ségur, owner of Château Latour, Lafite and Mouton Rothschild, thanks to his marriage, also acquires Château Calon-Ségur. Sooner he gets rid of the manor (1778) selling it to Etienne Dumoulin whose son Thèodore, marvelled at the beauty of the near hillock, resolved to uproot the heathers, plant vineyards and build the château; that's the origin of Château Montrose. In 1855 Montrose wines are classified as 2ème Grand Cru Classé.
In 1861 businessman Mathieu Dollfus purchased the domaine and invested both time and efforts to refurbish both the château and its wine producing facilities. After a 35 year-period Charmolue family, owners of Cos d'Estournel, purchased the manor in 1896. In 2006 Jean Louis Charmoule sold the property to Martin and Oliver Bouygues.
Château Montrose is placed in Saint-Estèphe commune and has 95 vineyard hectares at the bank of the river, where soils are deep and made of sand and gravel. The prevailing variety is Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Vines are 40 years old in average and the maturities are quite uniform. What makes Montrose terroir a unique one is, first of all, the stony soil that allows heat retaining, enhancing maturity and also the climate impact of the near river that cools down summer temperature.
Since the very beginnings Bouygues family took the wise decision of recruiting former Haut-Grion manager, Jean Bernard Delmas, as technical director. Two wines are produced at Montrose as has been the tradition in Bordeaux: Château Montrose is the maison flagship. A wine aged for 18 months in barrels (60% new ones) that comes out dense, virile and with a distinctive stable aroma which makes it unique. And La Dame de Montrose, maison's second wine, quite plainer and less complex than the first one. Its tannic structure is less present so we can enjoy it in its fullness youth.
Château Montrose, riding with the best from Saint-Esthèpe!
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Buy Wine from Château Montrose
Château Montrose, a beautiful name, isn't it? Where does the term Montrose come from? Musical, feminine and with heavenly rose nuances! Truth is that what is today known as Château Montrose was a heather covered hill during the 18th century that took on a rosy shade during the spring. Sailors who dock their ship at the Gironde estuary called it pink mountain, therefore the French nomination Montrose.
Château Montrose beginnings date back to the 18th century when Nicolas Alexandre de Ségur, owner of Château Latour, Lafite and Mouton Rothschild, thanks to his marriage, also acquires Château Calon-Ségur. Sooner he gets rid of the manor (1778) selling it to Etienne Dumoulin whose son Thèodore, marvelled at the beauty of the near hillock, resolved to uproot the heathers, plant vineyards and build the château; that's the origin of Château Montrose. In 1855 Montrose wines are classified as 2ème Grand Cru Classé.
In 1861 businessman Mathieu Dollfus purchased the domaine and invested both time and efforts to refurbish both the château and its wine producing facilities. After a 35 year-period Charmolue family, owners of Cos d'Estournel, purchased the manor in 1896. In 2006 Jean Louis Charmoule sold the property to Martin and Oliver Bouygues.
Château Montrose is placed in Saint-Estèphe commune and has 95 vineyard hectares at the bank of the river, where soils are deep and made of sand and gravel. The prevailing variety is Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Vines are 40 years old in average and the maturities are quite uniform. What makes Montrose terroir a unique one is, first of all, the stony soil that allows heat retaining, enhancing maturity and also the climate impact of the near river that cools down summer temperature.
Since the very beginnings Bouygues family took the wise decision of recruiting former Haut-Grion manager, Jean Bernard Delmas, as technical director. Two wines are produced at Montrose as has been the tradition in Bordeaux: Château Montrose is the maison flagship. A wine aged for 18 months in barrels (60% new ones) that comes out dense, virile and with a distinctive stable aroma which makes it unique. And La Dame de Montrose, maison's second wine, quite plainer and less complex than the first one. Its tannic structure is less present so we can enjoy it in its fullness youth.
Château Montrose, riding with the best from Saint-Esthèpe!