此酒堡座落在一塊小山坡地上，眺望著Gironde River吉隆河，有著得天獨厚的地理位置。當中午水氣氤氳時，整座山彷彿被一片的玫瑰花色給迷漫，也閉O這樣所以莊主將她取名為「玫瑰山」，Montrose的mont是山之意，”t”不發音，rose就是玫瑰花。
這座「玫瑰山」酒堡，可不像其名這樣的女性化，她所釀之酒沒有20年的陳年工夫，她還真不開竅，像個小處女一樣地封閉。蒙特蘿斯堡以釀產酒體廣大、深沉複雜且厚實有力的酒著稱。莊主認為單寧強勁的酒體已非潮流，所以曾經在70年代的晚期到80年代的初期這段時期，試著增加Merlot美露的比率以淡化酒體，沒想到這項之舉卻未得到蒙特蘿斯始終派的讚賞，所以1986年後又恢復原本的傳統，走較男性化的酒體風格，所以她又有the Latour of St.-Estephe「聖達斯特夫的拉圖堡」之稱。
Drink Date2020 - 2050
The 2003 Montrose was served blind in Bordeaux on two occasions. Picked between 11 to 26 September, it is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It remains one of the outstanding wines of a very black and white vintage. Without knowledge of the vintage, I was hesitant to suggest 2003, because though there is clearly fruit intensity locked up inside this Saint Estèphe, it is counterbalanced by the estate's trademark masculinity and austerity. So both on the nose and the palate it reaches this happy medium: pure blackberry, graphite and roasted herbs on the nose, perhaps even more elegant than I have observed on previous bottles. The palate is medium-bodied rather than full bodied with sturdy tannins couched in layers of seamless blackberry and cassis fruit, offset by scents of tobacco and graphite. As usual it has immense length and depth, a Montrose that is really just a few chapters into what is sure to be a longer "book" than many other 2003s. It is not a perfect Montrose, but a couple of hairs' breadth away. Tasted February 2017.
