Château Monbrison 2003 Bottle (75cl)
Château Monbrison 2003 is a red wine from the Margaux appellation in Bordeaux, produced by Château Monbrison and classified as a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur. It blends Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Petit Verdot. The Wine Advocate awarded it 86/100 and Jancis Robinson 15/20. Critics describe a supple, medium-bodied wine with elegant expressions of fruit, herbs, spices, and savory notes, set against a fresh structure. Cited drinking windows: 2006–2014 by The Wine Advocate and 2009–2016 by Jancis Robinson.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Château Monbrison
Château Monbrison is a family-owned estate situated in Arsac, at the heart of the Margaux appellation in the Médoc. Owned by the Davis-Vonderheyden family for nearly a century, the estate cultivates 12.5 hectares of vines on Pyrenean gravel soils. Laurent Vonderheyden is the owner, whilst Alix Vonderheyden is in charge of production.
- Owner
- Laurent Vonderheyden
- Maître de chais
- Margot Franzkowiak
- Surface (ha)
- 12.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 35 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Before becoming an independent estate, Monbrison was a farmstead attached to Château d’Arsac, which was then associated with the de Ségur family. In 1749, the farmstead was sold to M. de Copmartin, an adviser to the King in Bordeaux. His heirs sold it in 1818 to Paul Georges Conqueré de Monbrison, who expanded the vineyard and gave his name to the château. The estate subsequently passed, notably, into the hands of Isodore Feuillebois, Gustave Chaix d’Est-Ange, and then the Lavendier family. In 1922, the Lavendier heirs sold Monbrison to Robert M. Davis and his wife Kathleen Johnston. The couple added the neighbouring Cordet plot to the estate, which had been contributed by Kathleen Johnston. The economic crisis and the Second World War led to the vineyard’s demise, but it was replanted in the 1960s by Elizabeth Davis and her husband Christian Vonderheyden. Their son Jean-Luc took charge of winemaking from 1976 and had a new wine cellar built in 1978. Following his death in 1992, his brother Laurent Vonderheyden took over the management of the estate. Since January 2018, his daughter Alix has been working alongside him in the management of Château Monbrison; Margot Franzkowiak currently serves as cellar master there.
