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Chateau Montelena

Chateau Montelena is one of Napa Valley’s oldest estate vineyards, having been purchased in 1882 by a San Francisco entrepreneur who built an impressive, European-looking chateau and hired a French winemaker. Nearly a century later, in 1969, an attorney named Jim Barrett led a group of investors who bought the winery with the notion of replanting vineyards that had been allowed to go fallow. In 1976 the winery won international fame when its 1973 Chardonnay took first place in the blind tasting in Paris that has since inspired books and movies. The winery is now owned by the Barrett family, with son Bo Barrett working as master winemaker. Chateau Montelena today makes renowned Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as Chardonnay and limited amounts of Zinfandel and Riesling. The estate includes 125 acres of vineyards and produces about 40,000 cases of wine annually.

1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   
8 available
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1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   

1989 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

1989 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

1991 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  97   
RP  95   
ST  94   

1991 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95   
ST  94   

1992 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

2 available
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1992 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

1992 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

Base neck fill; label condition issue

1992 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

1998 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  93   

1999 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  92-95   
JR  15.5   

2002 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  96+    
ST  93   
WE  93   
CT  92.7   

2002 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  96+    
ST  93   
WE  93   
CT  92.7   

2003 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  94+    
ST  91   

2003 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

RP  94+    
ST  91   
4 available
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2006 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  92   
ST  92   

2007 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

RP  94+    
ST  93+    
JS  92   
2 available
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2007 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94+    
ST  93+    
JS  92   

2008 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

WA  92   
ST  91-94   
2 available
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2010 Chateau Montelena Estate Zinfandel

2 available
Bid

2011 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay

WA  93   
VN  92   
3 available
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