The IWC Library Collection, a respected international blind tasting competition, has recognized selected Montes premium and ultra premium wines.
Both the 2000 and 2005 vintages of Montes Alpha Cabernet Sauvignon were awarded splendid scores at this wine tasting carried out in London on September 2010. The 93 points awarded to both wines puts them in the same category as other outstanding wines, such as Chateau Pichon–Longueville 2000 and Jacob's Creek Centenary Hill Shiraz Barossa Valley 2005. Additionally, other Montes wines featured in the competition were also remarkably rated with scores above 90 points, including: Montes Alpha Syrah 2000 and 2005, Montes Alpha M 2000 and Montes Folly 2005. All of these recognitions express the significance of the extraordinary long term aging potential of our wines after several years of in cellar.
The International Wine Challenge (IWC) is an annual wine competition, acknowledged as the most influential blind wine tasting in the world. The IWC Library Collection is an extension of this as it follows the same judging principles. The aim of the Library Collection, which focuses on 10 and 5 years old wines, is to introduce and promote the best premium wines by showing and recognizing their cellar potential and provenance. Wines are graded on a 100-points scale by a group of experts, including Tim Atkin MW, Sam Harrop MW, Charles Metcalfe, Derek Smedley MW and Oz Clarke.
