2003 Chateau Monbousquet USA Crafted with the same meticulous

Crafted with the same meticulous care and unwavering standards as SLOAN

freshly picked strawberries and hints of herbs and spices

or perhaps

it’s one of the handful of international blends I’ve tasted that actually works and shows remarkable expressiveness and individuality

In a vintage in which so many wines are so rustic

2003 Chateau Monbousquet USA Crafted with the same meticulous"This was an amazing performance for Monbousquet. The 2003 exhibits plenty of fat and succulence along with a full bodied, sexy mouthfeel, and lots of black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with licorice, baking spices and roasted herbs. Fully mature yet in no danger of falling apart or in decline, the color remains a healthy plum garnet to the rim. This full throttle 2003 was one of the great buys of the vintage when it was first released,