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Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2003

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Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (2003)

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Winery:
Chateau Montelena Winery
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2020
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User Tags:  fruit, resinous, berry, estate, bottling, rich, earthy, stone fruits, oak, black currant 


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California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

2003 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet While the 2002, which was quite extroverted right before bottling, has shut down, the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is still open-knit, although I suspect it will probably close down as well. It exhibits an opaque ruby/purple color along with a sweet, spicy nose of black currants, licorice, herbs, and damp earth. Rich and concentrated, it is the most accessible, and possibly the most elegant and French-oriented of the Cabernets produced between 2002 and 2004. This top-notch effort should be cellared for 2-3 years, and consumed over the following 20-25 read more...

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Source: JJ Buckley
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While the 2002, which was quite extroverted right before bottling, has shut down, the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is still open-knit, although I suspect it will probably close down as well. It exhibits an opaque ruby/purple color along with a swee... Robert Parker. A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from California in USA. 2003 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 750ml


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WA 92-95 (2/2005): The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate looks to be another great success at Montelena. No shy wine with 14.3% alcohol, it exhibits a dense purple color along with a big, sweet perfume of creme de cassis intermixed with smoke, earth, and forest floor scents. Noble purity, an opulent attack and mid-palate, and a long, tannic, rich, full-bodied finish suggest it should be consumed between 2010-2020+.


October 2008

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These are monumental wines from an historic winery. Chateau Montelena is the winery that won over the judges of the Paris Tasting in 1976. Their Cabernet Sauvignon is pure fruit goodness. Cassis, plum, and black cherry notes, with underlying thyme and coffee bean surround a structured core.


 

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Rating: 91(+?)? - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 126, May/June 2006 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.


 

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Wine.com

This wine is a typically bright ruby red, with opaque density and color, which leads to a nice array of aromas: sweet black currant jam, with hints of black cherry and flowers. There is much fruit in the nose, not unexpected considering the excellent ripeness achieved in this vintage. The unique blend of soils in Ch. Montelena's vineyard leads to very pleasing layers of complexity, and there is an evident menthol-cedar note attributable to the volcanic soil component. On the palate this wine delivers intense, broad and sweet fruit, layered with spicy cherry, and even a bit of chocolate. read more...


 

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