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  • Country ranking ?

    453
  • Producer ranking ?

    21
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030

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The Story

Jim Barrett’s dream of Chateau Montelena was that this wine, their flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, achieve the balance and complexity of flavors, aromas and textures to be considered among the great examples of Cabernet in the world. Almost since his first vintages in the 1970s, this wine has been a show-stopper that has everything in place, while revealing the majesty and distinctive character of the estate vineyard site in the northern Napa are...

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Wine Information

Duality in nature is everywhere – night & day, birth & death, you get the picture – but it isn’t very often that you get two distinctive phenomena at the same time. That duality is the most prominent feature of the 2006 harvest in that we saw both warm vintage and cool vintage characteristics in the same year, and nowhere was that more pronounced than here on the Montelena Estate.

 

VINTAGE WEATHER

The 2006 growing season was mild, wi...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Purple and Healthy

ending

Long, Gentle and Extensive

nose

Open, Complex, Opulent and Generous

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Medium-bodied, Round, Vigor, Elegant and Silky tannins

Verdict

Transparent and Sophisticated

Written Notes

The 2006 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon has an enticing deep garnet-red color in the glass. On the nose there are complex notes of blackberry tart, clove, cinnamon, and cocoa, along with dried black currants.  The mouth has a soft supple entry, youthful crisp acidity, juicy plum and rich bright red fruit notes, all complemented by loads of fine grain tannin and an under-layer of dried black currant.    

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Origin

Calistoga, Napa Valley

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2
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