Château Montus
Château Montus
Cuvée Prestige Madiran Tannat 1998
Château du Cèdre (Verhaeghe et Fils)
GC Cahors Malbec 2006
Wowww impressionnant ! Ouvert prêt à boire charnu tannique arômes tertiaires ...me rappel les grands montus prestige à maturité — 9 years ago
Château Montus
Madiran Tannat Blend 2007
Sturdy and tannic. Not dark nor brooding. Still enough fruit to keep things balanced. I actually kinda missed the usual barn, poop and cattle smell. — 8 months ago
Château Bouscassé
Madiran Tannat Blend 2017
My prior experience with Tannat was limited to a bottle of Bodega Garzon, and I was not really a fan. This bottle gives me new perspective about the variety.
A blend of Tannat/CS/CF (60/20/20), it opens with ripe black fruits tinged with peppery spices, dark cocoa, cherry cola, and just hint of barnyard. Velvety palate with surprisingly polished tannins.
My first Madiran. Chateau Bouscassé is the home estate of Alain Brumont who also owns the more famous Chateau Montus. — 3 years ago
Château Montus
Madiran Petit Courbu-Gros Manseng Blend 2011
Tropical and oily, actually a fun mix — 9 years ago
Château Montus
XL Madiran Tannat 1999
This 25-year old really is a testament to the power and longevity of Tannat.
A bouquet of stewed blackberries, dried figs, and prunes mingling with tobacco leaf, leather, and hint of barnyard. subtle waft of black dark cocoa as well. On the palate the bold structure remains mostly intact. Bright acidity adds intensity. The finish is long, candied and savory. — 10 months ago
Château Montus
Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh Sec Blanc White Blend 1999
Glue-y nose a bit like an Hermitage blanc, broad palate, still very firm acids-- splendid with a fatty pork chop. Also great with live jazz. — 9 years ago
Willem Booij
There are bottles I expect to be great, and then there are bottles that still manage to stop me in your tracks.
Château Montus Cuvée Prestige 1998 is firmly in that second category.
This wine has rested quietly in my cellar for nearly three decades, patiently waiting, gathering depth rather than dust. Opening it tonight feels less like uncorking a bottle and more like releasing a memory that has been maturing alongside time itself.
I use to secretly hide this wine among a line up of great clarets and it always stood out!
From the first pour, it’s clear: this wine is fully evolved, yet beautifully alive. The once powerful Tannat backbone has softened into something remarkably refined. The texture is silky, rich, almost velvety, no rough edges left, only harmony.
Dark fruit has given way to layers of leather, cedar, dried plum, cocoa and subtle spice. Everything is integrated, calm, confident. A wine that no longer needs to prove anything.
What amazes me most is not just how good it is, but how complete it feels. This is maturity without fatigue. Depth without heaviness. Power transformed into elegance, love it!
I’ve always known that wines from Château Montus, under the vision of the great Alain Brumont, were built for the long haul. Crafted from old-vine Tannat, grown on the steep, clay-limestone slopes of Madiran, Cuvée Prestige is fermented and aged with patience and intent, often spending extended time in new French oak. It was never meant to be rushed i learned decades ago.
Still, every time I open a mature Montus, I surprise myself all over again.
1998 has reached a point where everything makes sense. It is fully on its drinking window, perhaps right at its sweet spot, and it delivers pure pleasure, calmly and generously.
A reminder that great wine is not about price, prestige, power or extraction, but about time, trust, and restraint.
This bottle didn’t just age well.
It became something greater. 95 WBP — 19 days ago