1992 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (201) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  2/18/2024 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  Wow, are there really another 1600+ bottles of this 30 yr old Cabernet still out there in cellars? Anyway, Bill's wine. Quoting him, "Good color, noticeable vanilla in the nose, good fruit, excellent balance, great structure and length." It was, indeed, terrific.

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  12/26/2023 - VinoGeeko Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Robins birth year bottle. Very old world. a bit of St Emillon-like smoke, campfire s'mores, black currant, more black fruit than the 1996 Peter Michael Bordeaux blend a couple days ago. med+/high acid, High tannin (well resolved), cigar box,

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  11/26/2023 - scott@asrestaurant.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  1992 vintage. Very, very close to Japanese auction market quality with fill, cork, capsule and label nearly immaculate. Decanted and tasted immediately and over the course of 3 hours. Expected amount of sed. What a ride! Having tasted this back in the day when first released, recalled an unusual (for this property) amount of richness in the frontal palate. Wasn't there initially but rolled in for a cameo approx 45 mins after decant. Then...vanished at the 1 hour open mark. First whiff of the nose was fresh, clay kitty litter. This morphed into graphite after 15-20 mins. Body was surprisingly light early on, then fattened up after 30-40 mins to medium status. Impressions were of a leaner effort, then things got positively jammy with unexpected fruit hither and yon. This remained for approx 1.25 hours, then the entire performance, body included, thinned out with their old-school, estate-expected, aged leather punch combined with dark-skinned fruit, mountain grip and a little touch of grey sea salt. No food involved during the experience. The 1991 Montelena Estate Cab is nearest and dearest but this following vintage was an absolute, palate-bending acid(ity) trip. Looking forward to the next trip...er...show. 11.25.23.

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  11/4/2023 - Ulises759 wrote: 90 Points

  Delicious wine

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  11/4/2023 - mick978@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still has so much life. Delicious wine.

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