2007 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (207) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  3/31/2024 - Dave D Likes this wine: 93 Points

  still drinks well
  probably a few years left

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  3/31/2024 - superwayne Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Really impressive juice. Of course it's 17 years old, so I'd hope it's balanced by now. But this could go 10 more years beautifully.
  So smooth. Oak, dark berries, light acidity and deep velvety tannins.

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  3/30/2024 - DWStyle Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bought a bottle at Boulevard restaurant SF ( classic ) and shared with some new friends. Wanted to see where it is now, as I have two remaining bottles of a 6 pack. 07’ was a big wine year and I found the wines not only big structurally but a little astringent as well. This wine has still, some remnants of the structure and less of the astringency. But overall it is well integrated and balanced. I may be selling it short with a 94 pt rating as it was drinking wonderfully tonight . I’m now comfortable with drinking this wine now and into the next decade, knowing that it’s at its apex or soon approaching it.

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  3/29/2024 - KVM wrote:

  Very dark red. Cork is in pristine condition.
  
  Nose of blackberries, oak, flowers, tobacco.
  The palate is silky, more than medium body and the alcohol shows just a little.
  Flavours of blackberry, cherry pie, tobacco. Very long finish with tobacco bitterness. This is classic, lovely and now in its drinking window.

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  2/15/2024 - dclaggett Likes this wine:

  Consumed over 2 hrs at Amrina Valentine’s dinner. Dark ruby, near opaque core, pretty perfumed nose dominated by red and black fruit, spice, eucalyptus and flowers. Med weight, moderate acidity and velvet tannins that are nearing fully resolved. Finish lingers in a slow sultry way. Soft, refined and elegant wine.

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