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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.

2005 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90   
4 available
Bid *

1982 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

CT  92.1   
RP  90   

1984 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  92   
ST  90   

1985 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

ST  93   
RP  92   
WS  91   
MB  ****   

1992 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  92   
ST  92   
2 available
Bid *

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   
2 available
Bid *

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

2000 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

RP  90   
WS  90   
ST  90   

2002 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

RP  96+    
ST  93   
WE  93   
CT  92.7   

2002 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  96+    
ST  93   
WE  93   
CT  92.7   

2002 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

RP  96+    
ST  93   
WE  93   
CT  92.7   

2003 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  94+    
ST  91   

2009 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  93+    
ST  93   

2013 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  96   
VN  95   
WE  94   
CT  92.7   
WS  92   
5 available
Bid *

2013 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  96   
VN  95   
WE  94   
CT  92.7   
WS  92   
4 available
Bid *

2013 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  96   
VN  95   
WE  94   
CT  92.7   
WS  92   

2013 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  96   
VN  95   
WE  94   
CT  92.7   
WS  92   

2013 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WA  96   
VN  95   
WE  94   
CT  92.7   
WS  92   

2014 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

VN  95   
JD  95   
CT  92.5   
4 available
Bid *

2014 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  95   
JD  95   
CT  92.5   

2014 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  95   
JD  95   
CT  92.5