LA DAME DE MONTROSE Second Wine of Chateau Montrose
La Dame de Montrose, first vintage 1983, is the highly-regarded second wine of Chateau Montrose, the St. Estephe deuxième cru (second growth). Montrose has a little more than 90ha of vines, the entire site overlooking the Gironde. The vineyard is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Around 50% (or less) of the crop goes to make the grand vin and around 30% (or more) goes into La Dame de Montrose. (The rest is used elsewhere or sold in bulk.) In good years La Dame de Montrose is considered a bargain, in the best years it stands alone as a great wine. The Dame de Montrose herself is the late Yvonne Charmolüe, who ran the estate from 1944 to 1960.
RESERVE DE LA COMTESSE Second wine of Chateau Pichon-Longueville Lalande
LA CHAPELLE DE LA MISSION HAUT-BRION Second Wine of Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion
This is the second wine of La Mission Haut-Brion. About 4000 cases are produced each year.
Chateau Langoa-Barton 3me cru classe
Chateau Lagrange 3me cru classe
Clarendon Hills Sandown Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Hardy's 165th Anniversary Cabernet Shiraz,
Cabernet Sauvignon
Shiraz
This wonderfully elegant Shiraz shows intense, pristine, blackberry fruit and ripe, silky tannins. It almost has a Pinot Noir elegance to it and, luckily, the quality of future vintages will only be getting better too as Voyager's new clones come on line.