The blackberries and blackcurrants show through beautifully, together with very integrated tannins. Dense and textured. Transparent. Graphite coming through. Second wine of Montrose. 61% merlot, 32% cabernet sauvignon, 5% petit verdot and 2% cabernet franc.

The 2023 La Dame de Montrose is a rich heady wine. Succulent dark cherry plum new leather spice menthol licorice and mocha are beautifully amplified. Explosive to the core the 2023 possesses tons of aromatic intensity and pure volume. This showy Merlot-based Dame is quite alluring.

Another strong performance from this bottling which dependably numbers among Bordeaux's top three or four second wines the 2023 La Dame de Montrose reveals aromas of cassis pencil shavings and licorice followed by a medium to full-bodied deep and dense palate that's polished pure and layered with sweet tannins lively acids and a saline finish. It's a blend of 61% Merlot 32% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc.

The 2023 La Dame de Montrose has a light and slightly tertiary nose with touches of tea leaves infusing the black fruit. The palate is soft and supple on the entry with licorice-tinged black fruit and a rounded cracked-black-pepper-tinged finish. There’s good body for a Deuxième Vin. This will give a decade of drinking pleasure.