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Chateau Montelena The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1985
HED73392
75 cl
13.5%
£165.00
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The iconic Chateau Montelena was founded in 1882 and undoubtedly helped place California on the fine wine map when it took out one of the top prizes at the 1976 ‘Judgement of Paris’. Well-known for their European-styled and exceptionally long-lived Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a historic find from the 1985 vintage waiting to be discovered.
92
Vinous
Good full medium red. Some very ripe notes as well as a black tea coolness to the rather claret-like aromas of dark berries, licorice, menthol, tobacco and balsamic cedar. Perhaps the silkiest vintage to this point of the tasting and distinctly Bordeaux-like in its texture and complexity, delivering complex flavors of red and darker fruits, mocha, spices and flowers. Barrett noted that the picking weather was too hot in 1984, too cold in 1985 and just right in 1986. But the fruit in 1985 benefitted from very good hang time. A second bottle of nearly equal quality (91) showed a stronger note of cedary oak, which gave the finish a faint dryness. (13.5% alcohol)Stephen Tanzer1st May 2019
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