Chateau Montelena The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
Duty Paid
£175.00
Skip to product information
Sold out
Chateau Montelena The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
HED73394
75 cl
13.5%
£175.00
Taxes included.
Pay ex-VAT when shipping outside the UK
- Order by 2PM for same-day dispatch.
Chateau Montelena is one of the oldest and most illustrious Napa estates 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’. The 1994 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a medium-bodied yet muscular release with superb freshness of fruit and delicately subtle savoury nuances. This would be delicious served alongside roasted rib of beef.
94
Vinous
Good dark red with virtually no sign of amber. A distinctly dark style of Montelena, conveying a medicinal cast to its aromas of black fruits, minerals, licorice, violet and mint. Fresh, pure, juicy and penetrating but not hard, with its dark berry, black cherry, cedar and anise flavors displaying an element of rocky minerality--and less earthiness than most earlier vintages. This savory, classically dry wine will expand further with more cellaring (or give it some time in a decanter if you can't wait to open a bottle) and should last for another 20 years. This was the first vintage of the Chateau Montelena Estate that included a major contribution from vines on fractured volcanic bedrock planted north of the winery up the canyon in 1989 and 1990. According to Barrett, these vines are irrigated but the fruit shows similar chemistry in terms of pH to the vineyards closer to the winery, which are mostly on alluvial soil. A superb showing--and I suspect there's even more ahead for this wine. (13.5% alcohol)Stephen Tanzer1st May 2019
You may also like
