Dame Montrose Size:12x750ml Note that this is evolving

Note that this is evolving glacially and I have extended my suggested drinking window by several years

Discreet but not invisible wood is the only aromatic component visible beyond the very firm reductive notes so again

sumptuous personality

Sound acids and suave but firm-edged tannins give this excellent balance

Dame Montrose Size:12x750ml Note that this is evolvingLots of sediment and bottle deposit. Mid garnet. Racy and lively with a good spine of ripe fruit and no obvious sweetness nor alcohol. Well, perhaps just a little sweetness. And a tiny hint of dried fruit on the end. Lacks the complexity of the Calon Sgur 1998 tasted immediately beforehand but it certainly isn't tired in any way.