A linear and racy young Cotes de Bordeaux with blueberry, mineral and crushed-stone character. Violets as well. Medium-bodied, refined yet structured. Plenty of energy here. Persistent finish. 75% merlot, 20% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon. Drink after 2028.

A perfumed nose filled with blackcurrants, cherries, violets and soft vanilla and milk chocolate accents. Bright and alive, this focuses on the intensity of crystalline strawberries and red cherries with lots of mineral, salty-edged tannins. This has an iron tang and such overall brightness. Acidity is super high and just lifts the expression giving tension and focus and so much life. Classy and sophisticated. A total crowd pleaser.

The depth of flavour is more clear, along with the fragrance of the freshly cut and dried herbs - white pepper, sage, turmeric, cloves, incense, very much coming in on the retro-olfaction, deep black cherry, just beautifully characterful, great stuff, easy one to recommend, 50% new oak, clay limestone really doing its absolute best.

From an estate purchased by the Durantou family in 2009, the 2022 Château Montlandrie comes from limestone and clay soils and is 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon that was brought up in 50% new French oak. It's another sensational wine in the lineup, and it exhibits a deep ruby/purple hue as well as textbook limestone-influenced aromatics of black raspberries, black cherries, crushed stones, and flowers. I love its overall balance, and it's medium to full-bodied, has a pure, seamless, layered mouthfeel, and sweet, present tannins. It will keep for 15+ years or more.

The 2022 Montlandrie is another stellar wine in this range from the Durantou sisters. A healthy percentage of Cabernets (30%) in the blend adds aromatic lift and gorgeous supporting structure. Montlandrie is a complete wine. It offers striking aromatics, layered, sepia-toned fruit and exquisite balance, along with a beautifully articulate, sustained finish that is quite simply captivating. Montlandrie is a fabulous wine in its peer group, or any group for that matter. -- Antonio Galloni

Black raspberries, flowers, truffles, and cocoa produce the core of this wine. creamy and fresh, with supple, sweet, ripe fruits and a drizzle of chocolate in the mid-palate and in the long, fruity, finish. I like the touch of mint that finds its way into the backend of the finish. The wine blends 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink from 2025-2038.93 Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2022&wine=Chateau%20Montlandrie

A blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon from Noëmie Durantou, the élevage here was in 50% new oak. A completely different aromatic expression to Les Cruzelles here, more pure and perfumed, a little more Cabernet in style, with notes of liquorice, currant and gorse flower. An elegantly polished palate follows, the dark currant and summer berry fruit intertwined with tobacco and cigar oak, but draped in a modest textural blanket over a rich bed of tightly knit tannins which play a much larger role in the grip and structure shown on the finish. Long and gripped, this shows its limestone origins with a bright sense of éclat and a long bite of chalky tannins at the end. One for the cellar. Tasted twice. The alcohol is 14.5% on analysis.

This is well-built, with reserved notes of black cherry reduction and cassis carried by the refined structure as subtle accents of chalk, black tea and smoldering tobacco infuse the background. Sneakily long, with a pretty floral echo. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2026 through 2036. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 2,800 cases made.

(WA 90-92 points) Notes of sweet cherries, berries, licorice and smoke preface the 2022 Montlandrie, a medium to full-bodied, suave and vibrant wine with a deep core of fruit, lively acids, powdery tannins and a saline finish. This vibrant, intensely flavored Côtes de Castillon is once again one of Bordeaux's best values in this vintage. - William Kelley