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Producer profile: Château Montrose

A series of dedicated individuals have brought innovation and visionary thinking to this St-Estèphe property during its 200-year history, and today its green credentials are setting a new standard in Bordeaux. Elin McCoy finds out more...

At midnight on 18 June 2015, 1,600 guests at La Fête de La Fleur streamed out from dinner in Château Montrose’s 11m-high barrel cellar to watch blue and silver fireworks shoot up into the sky like sparkling fountains. The lavish finale to the Vinexpo wine show felt like a celebration for the latest chapter in this St-Estèphe second growth’s 200-year story.


Scroll down for McCoy’s top picks from Château Montrose


 

See McCoy’s top picks from Château Montrose


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