Chateau Montus Cuvée Prestige (1995)

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Vinee Beschreibung und Bewertung

94-96/100 PP

'In the mid-seventies, I paid a visit to the rustic appellation of Madiran, several hours south of Bordeaux. I met proprietor Alain Brumont, but had no way of knowing at the time that he would emerge as the appellation\'s most energetic and quality-driven producer.
Brumont has always produced very good wine for near-term drinking, but the 1995 Montus Cuvee Prestige, a 100% Tannat (the local grape), aged in 100% new oak, is a wine for drinking around 2010 or later. In fact, most readers would be advised to buy this wine for a child born in 1995, as opposed to purchasing it for personal consumption. As the grape\'s name implies, it is a tannic wine, although this is not a wine that is harsh and astringent without the balancing fruit. The color is an opaque black. The wine possesses a magnificent, sweet, pure nose of cassis, black plums, and subtle new oak notes. Extraordinarily deep and full-bodied, with layers of concentrated, jammy fruit, a formidable tannin level, and a monster finish, this is unquestionably one of the great 1995s (and I am including all my top picks from Bordeaux). Do not be surprised if it outlives anything produced by Montus\'s more renowned siblings to the north. The Cuvee Prestige will demand 15-20 years of cellaring.
These are unreal wines that are purely made, remarkably rich, and so complete and promising that they cannot be ignored.'
(Robert M. Parker, Jr., robertparker.com)

'This wine has an atypical, generous character, with good volume and depth, and subtle, complex fruit . A rich, opulent wine. In some years, it has balsamic, tar and cocoa aromas, and is much sought after by connoisseurs of cigars.'
(Chateau Montus)

Alain Brumont ist ein Mann des Terroirs und der Tradition. Ihm hat das Anbaugebiet Madrian den qualitativen Aufstieg der einheimischen Rebsorte Tannat zu verdanken. Mit Blick auf die klimatischen Bedingungen, Bodebeschaffenheit und richtige Standortwahl ist es dem engagierten Winzer gelungen, mit der charaktervollen Rebsorte, also Tannant, das große Potenzial der Weinbauregion zum Ausdruck zu bringen. Durch eine längere, strikt kontrollierte Gärführung entwickeln seine Weine eine eindrucksvolle Struktur und Dichte. Der Ausbau erfolgt in den wertvollen Fässern aus französischer Eiche, die großen Weine in Spitzenweine verwandeln.