64% cabernet sauvignon and 36% merlot. 20% new oak. This wine represents 36 percent of total production with average yields at 45hl/ha and average vine age of 20 years. Harvest began on Sep 27 with merlot and ended on Oct 15 with cabernet. 13.7% alcohol. Restrained power but shows its elegance with layers of aromas wrapped around a core of black and blue fruit with a perfume of crushed flowers. Blackberry and cassis fill the attack which builds to a peak of black raspberry and the finish is pretty and long. The tannins are a bit more open and broad shouldered and will need some time before the drinking window arrives probably 3-10 years.

Wonderful aromas of blueberries, spices and chocolate with a hazelnut undertone. Creamy texture. Full and very fine with lovely texture and spices and berries. Currants too. Long and gorgeous. Second wine of Montrose. Try in 2016.

You want a good value St Estèphe from a top name, ready to drink this Christmas, this is where to go - one of the best 2nd wines of the vintage. Tasted out of magnum, which made it more primary in its fruit structure than you will find in bottle, but either way this is still full of plump and opulent black cherry and cassis fruits. Still plenty of grip and life ahead, but so much pleasure to be found, and it's at its peak.

Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux 2010 tasting. The La Dame de Montrose 2010 has a very well defined bouquet with beautifully assimilated oak: perfumed scents of blackcurrant, blueberry and pastilles. The palate is medium-bodied with a crisp entry: firm and quite rigid tannins, fine acidity and a bullish structure on the finish to suggest that this needs long-term cellaring. This surpasses all my expectations.

Montrose’s second wine has something of the same gravity as the top wine from the estate. It shows firm tannins as well as black currant fruits. These flavors are followed by spice, leather and drying tannins. It does have a sense of elegance that promises well for its mid-term aging.

I loved the 2010 La Dame De Montrose, a mature, yet elegant, complex second wine. Ripe red and black fruits, leafy herbs, spice, and cedary notes all shine here, and it's round, supple, and medium-bodied on the palate. Drink 2025-2035.

(91+ points) Some 28% of the estate's production went into the 2010 La Dame de Montrose, and it remains youthful and serious at age 13. Unwinding in the glass with notes of sweet cassis, violets, plums and pencil shavings, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, with a vibrant core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins. At age 12, this still has upside ahead of it. - William Kelley

A textbook example of the vintage and appellation, showing a bright savory edge, a chalky spine and mouthwatering damson plum, red currant and cherry pit notes. Displays enough grip to warrant short-term cellaring, and should stretch out well over the mid-term. Best from 2015 through 2024. –JM