Tasted at the Montrose vertical in London, the 1921 Montrose was a startling wine from start to finish. It is interesting to compare this bottle with previous observations from Robert Parker; it is clearly a hit 'n miss wine that can either leave you frowning or beaming with joy. This was certainly the latter and interestingly, I picked up on his remark about a "Rh?ne-like" character on the nose that burst out of the glass with ripe blueberry, licorice and cassis—extremely pure and intoxicating, but not overwhelming. The palate follows suit with a sense of plushness and exuberance, some of the delineation deprived due to some volatility on the finish. What is incredible is that amount of fruit that is extant after almost a century. I can only imagine that it was very late-picked to achieve this level of fruité, but the bottom line is that this Montrose is quite extraordinary. Tasted June 2016.
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