Tasted at the Montrose vertical in Stamford, the 1934 Montrose was a quite brilliant wine from the best vintage of that decade. Clear in color, it offered a beautifully defined, exquisite bouquet with vestiges of brambly red berry fruit, damp earth, wild heather and hawthorn, a complex and enticing bouquet that keeps drawing you in. The palate is medium-bodied and utterly refined, nigh on perfect acidity, perhaps not as detailed as the nose, but very focused and harmonious with cranberry and leather towards the finish. Sure, it just tapers in slightly, but that should not detract from a quite fabulous 1934 Bordeaux. Tasted May 2016.