Buy Ch Montrose 2002

I have just received a mailing from Jean-Marc Quarin (www.quarin.com), an excellent source of information on Bordeaux as he is a wine writer and good taster who actually lives there and can keep an eye on how vineyards are treated and how wines develop month by month. His most recent short report is based on re-tasting recent vintages of Ch Montrose, particularly those from 2000 when the new vat room came into play.

He confirms the superlative quality of Ch Montrose 2003 but points out that Ch Montrose is also a great wine, one of the best of...