1985 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (125) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  12/26/2022 - Dickdoc49 wrote:

  Old and tired

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  8/8/2022 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose of old cabernet fruit, black berry, earth, and cherry, same on the palate, big body, tasty, definitely tired, mouth filling fruit, Kathy liked it, brings back old memories of a picnic on their island with the wine group, enjoyed over two nights, medium/long finish.

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  6/18/2022 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Not as good as the 1987.

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  5/29/2022 - levicn Likes this wine: 93 Points

  盲品，中石榴红色，酒液有些浑浊，闻香有淡淡皮毛味，肉鲜，话梅和橄榄的香气，淡淡青椒气息，入口酸度高，通透明亮，单宁紧致，有点抓人，口中是石墨，青椒，雪松混合着酸梅的气息，后段香料感，余味橡木桶充分陈年融合后的胭脂香料味。一款结构非常漂亮的赤霞珠混酿，有着非常古典的气质又带着一丝异域气息。我猜它是一款超级托斯卡纳。

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  10/30/2020 - Goldstone wrote: flawed

  Old Napa Wines Dinner (Joseph's Place, Wong Chung Hang, Hong Kong): Drank blind in a long line of older Napa reds. Thinning black/red semi-transparent colour. Very muted nose and hard to chase what is there...plum and red cherries. Palate is very thin and sharply tart. Initially seemed just too young because the finish was quite long and resonant but it all soured very quickly. My wine from a 2009 auction where most bottles have disappointed. Too bad because we had lined this up alongside a 1984 bottle which was superlative and I'd hoped for a much closer contest.

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