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JD 94 VAG 92 JS 94 F 94
V 92-93 WA 90-92 TWCI 91 YB 91
VM 90 DA 90 VWM 15/20

Grape Variety
80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc

• 94 Jeb Dunnuck

  Another killer Pomerol, the 2018 Château Montviel checks in as 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc brought up in plenty of new oak. This deep purple/ruby-hued beauty offers a gorgeous bouquet of cassis and black cherry fruits intermixed with lots of floral, chocolate, graphite, and cedary aromas and flavors. It has a slightly modern style at first, given its classy oak veneer, yet it still has textbook Pomerol finesse and elegance, plenty of earthy, complex, almost white truffle-like nuances, and outstanding length. It’s a beautiful wine. If you’re oak averse, give bottles 2-4 years and it should keep for 15+ years. (3/16/2021)

• 92 Vinous Antonio Galloni

  The 2018 Montviel is silky, expressive and impeccably balanced. Crushed red berry fruit, cinnamon, mocha, new oak and cedar are some of the nuances that flesh in the Montviel. Racy and yet understated, with silky tannins and lovely persistence, the 2018 has so much to recommend it. This is very nicely done. (3/31/2021)

• 94 James Suckling
• 94 Falstaff
• 92-93 Vertdevin
• 90-92 Wine Advocate (LPB)
• 91 The Wine Cellar Insider (Jeff Leve)
• 91 Yves Beck
• 90 Vinous (Neal Martin)
• 90 Decanter (Jane Anson)
• 15/20 Vinum Wine Magazine