2010 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (89) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  5/1/2024 - KSWinegeek wrote: 93 Points

  Drink8mg very nicely right now. Very approachable.

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  4/9/2024 - KSWinegeek wrote: 93 Points

  Dark purple with ruby red at edges. Decanted for three hours which was a good decision. Black fruit, spices, touch of tobacco on nose. Blackberry flavors.

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  3/16/2024 - Grinner wrote: 95 Points

  DAMN WiNOS: Dune 2 (Rye Restaurant, Eugene): My WOTN! Opened for 1.5 hours before we got to it AND it kept getting better! Blackberry, black cherry, plum, loam, eucalyptus, cigar and oak notes go on and on. Deep and long, next in 2030!

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  12/19/2023 - WineGuyDelMar Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Ok..I owe somebody HUGE credit for the 5 hour plus decant I did on this wine. I would have never imagined a 13 year old Cab would need this decant. Decanted 5 hours and drank over another hour. Wine was singing at 5 plus hours. Incredible. Drank with a 2013 Kobalt Cab which was more ripe & modern. This wine was Classic Old School Napa. It actually was the favorite wine by far. Excellent.

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  10/17/2023 - El_Dougo Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I’m thrilled to finally have a good Montelena. Magnum bottle, Morton’s Hong Kong, New York strip. I’ve had many CM’s over the many years, and while I haven’t documented all of them I’ve never been truly satisfied. This storied vineyard has always left a little wanting. Perhaps it was the night, or the bottle, or the pairing, but we finally found it.
  
  Blackberry, cassis, vanilla, cedar, cherry, earth, and perhaps some blueberry. Still very fruit forward perhaps on account of the magnum bottle. Very ruby in glass. Medium plus acidity, mied+ plus length, full body, seemed plenty of alcohol there although I didn’t check the label, med+ flavor intensity. Very good wine. Only criticism might be complexity lacking (if we’re looking for some criticism).
  
  I don’t pretend this is the greatest of Napa blends. 91 to 92 points. The point for me is this was THE Montelena that I’ve been looking for.

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