Chateau Montus Madiran XL 1996 Color:Red raspberries

raspberries

well cooked beef

including John Thomas

and ready to be the centerpiece of your next dish of steamed mussels

and great conversations about deer

Chateau Montus Madiran XL 1996 Color:Red raspberriesThe 1996 edition of the Chateau Montus opens with an encyclopedic nose of pipe tobacco, dried cassis fruit leather, tamarind, wet clay soil, and dusty earth. After 40 months in barrel and 24 years in bottle, the tannins in this wine have finally resolved into a rich, velvety and elegant palate, still firm structured but gentle in its age. The acidity is similarly resolved, shining a light on each flavor but with no sharp edges. Tamarind and cassis,