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Chateau Montelena The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
HED55310
75 cl
13.8%
£125.00
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Chateau Montelena is an iconic Napa estate 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 2003 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is classic in style with great intensity and expressiveness of fruit but restraint in all the correct places. Whilst drinking well now, this will continue to age and improve for at least another 10 years.
91
Vinous
Bright ruby-red. Sweet aromas of black cherry, flowers, menthol and creosote. Supple, sweet and fine-grained, though not especially nuanced for this wine. Strong note of chocolate. Finishes with a fairly fine dusting of tannins and lingering notes of cherry and licorice. This seems a bit less vibrant than it was from barrel a year ago. Barrett noted that the December 2005 bottling date was quite late for this wine, and my sample had not yet recovered.Stephen Tanzer1st May 2006
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