2018 Chateau Montelena Zinfandel The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  1/13/2024 - whudock Likes this wine: 92 Points

  drinking very well with lots of backbone and spice to complement the rich dark cherry fruit

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  10/9/2023 - Baron Slick wrote: 90 Points

  Deep, charred, and aromatic dark fruit frames earthy scents of licorice, leather, veneer, and menthol. Youthfully structured, good brightness and balance, with plump fruit flavors that linger nicely.

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  7/27/2023 - BottleScholar Likes this wine:

  Aroma & Flavor Characteristics: Fruit is ripe and concentrated. Blueberry, blackberry, black cherry, red cherry, charred wood, menthol, coffee, potting soil, dried red cherry, raspberry leather, vanilla, baking spice. Color: Medium Ruby, almost deep. Aromatic Intensity: Medium(+), verging on high. Sweetness: Dry. Acidity: Medium. Tannin Level: Medium. Tannin Nature: Ripe, Smooth. Alcohol: High. Body: Medium (+). Flavor Intensity: Medium (+). Finish: Medium. Quality: Very Good. Aging: Suitable for aging.

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  4/9/2023 - cowoodchuck wrote: 95 Points

  Worth well more then the $44 into my cellar. I should have had the bottle from the wine cellar for an hour or so to achieve room temperature. All in all an excellent wine.

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  3/12/2023 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points

  Very creamy bouquet with fruit yoghurt. On the palate a round wine with red berries, oak and cedar, caramel, good acidity and round tannin with some sweetness in the finish and a good length.

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