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Château Montlabert
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2023
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
The nose pops with mint, truffle, licorice, black cherry, and smoke in the aromatic profile. On the palate, the wine is elegant, soft, fresh, and vibrant. There is a refined touch to the mid-palate, and in the black-cherry oriented finish, with a nice, cocoa-filled endnote. The wine blends 75% Merlot, with 25% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. Drink from 2027-2038. 91-93 Pts. 1,308 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Smoke, mint, licorice, cherries and oak show with ease in the nose, and on the medium-bodied, chalky palate. The finish is bright, with an herbal, fresh edge. This is perfect for early drinking pleasure. Drink from 2025-2031. 210 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025Soft, fresh, and refined, the wine is packed with layers of chocolate covered plums, black cherries, licorice, spice, and espresso. There is a softness, and polished to the fruits, and textures that works perfectly this year. Drink from 2025-2037. 91-92 Pts. 2,319 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Montlabert Renaissance (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied wine with a nice sweetness to the red fruits, along with olives, herbs, spice, cocoa, and citrus in the finish. You can enjoy this with ease on release. Drink from 2025-2032. 218 Views Tasted Mar 1, 2025 |
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2021
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Black cherries and black raspberries are front and center here in this medium bodied, soft, fruity, plummy wine. There is lift, energy and creamy-textures, but not a lot of length and persistency. Drink from 2024-2036. 684 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Medium bodied, the wine opens with espresso, cocoa, licorice, plums and chocolate-coated cherries. Round, soft and polished, the wine is forward, and already quite charming to taste. Drink from 2023-2036. 89-91 1,506 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Still showing some of its oaky youth in the nose before you get to its floral character. The wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, earthy, fresh and silky with a sweet, ripe, fruit-packed, polished, earth, espresso and chocoalte-mint, accented finish. Give it a year or so in the bottle to better integrate. Drink from 2024-2040. 863 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Medium-bodied with loads of soft, silky, fresh, sweet, savory red fruits, espresso and licorice. The finish adds a touch of spice and leafy herbs for additional complexity. 91-93 Pts 1,728 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Flowers, cherries, plums and a touch of cocoa hit all the right notes in the nose. Medium-bodied, silky, fresh, vibrant and fruity, with a soft, polished texture to the finish. This should be enjoyable on release. The wine was made from blending 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2022-2036.. 1,602 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022 |
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2018
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Plush and polished with soft, sweet, juicy, ripe, plums, licorice, cocoa and espresso on the nose and palate, the medium-bodied finish delivers lots of ripe cherry, chicory and espresso notes in the finish. 1,178 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Smoky dark red fruits and a hit of fennel bulb strut their stuff in this medium-bodied, soft, early drinking, elegant, fruity wine. 89-91 Pts 1,569 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied with loads of dark cherry, licorice, cocoa and coffee notes, the wine is soft, sweet and will drink well within just a year or two of release. 1,739 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, elegant, round and forward, there is some oak that needs to integrate before the ripe plums cherries and licorice in this soft textured fruity wine is at its best. 3,042 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Medium bodied with a cherry and plum personality, this wine is mineral driven and needs a few years of bottle age. 3,563 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, soft, ripe and forward, this blast of chocolate-covered black cherry and licorice should be quite nice on release. Displaying more depth than usual, this is the best vintage of Montlabert produced yet. 4,009 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium bodied, forward, easy to taste and like, soft, red berry dominated wine, that is already fun in your glass. 2,536 Views Tasted Nov 14, 2017Espresso, black plum and cocoa scents, open to a round, forward, licorice and dark red, fruity wine. 86-88 Pts 2,737 Views Tasted Apr 27, 2015 |
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2013
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Forward, medium bodied and correct, this early-drinking wine delivers spicy, bright red fruits and fennel. 85-87 Pts 2,149 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2014 |
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2012
Château Montlabert (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied this is a lighter and fresh style of St. Emilion with fresh cherries and chocolate. This is the debut vintage for this estate under the eye of consultant, Hubert de Bouard. 87-90 Pts 4,319 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
