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Manage Subscriptions2016 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Community Tasting Notes 67
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larrybbaldwin wrote: 93 points
April 4, 2024 - Beautiful in a perfect drinking window
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ADiamond Likes this wine: 90 points
November 8, 2023 - Dry, fruity, nice pale yellow. Drinking very well.
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Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 92 points
January 11, 2023 - Pale yellow in color with a fruity nose.
Light to medium in body with medium plus acidity.
Dry and very fruity on the palate, with a nice mouthfeel.
Showing limes, lemons, light earth, light wood, green and yellow apples, light vanilla, herbs, spices, pears and white pepper.
This 7 year old Chardonnay is drinking very nicely now. Nicely balanced and feels much younger than it is.
47 years ago, this wine won the Judgment of Paris competition, and it is still showing great quality.
Spicy and entertaining. Elegant and fruity. Great by itself as a sipping wine.
I've had a few vintages of this Chardonnay, and it definitely gets better with bottle time. Consistently good and delicious now.
100% Chardonnay grapes were aged in French Oak barrels for 10 months.
13.6% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
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Dugis wrote: 92 points
December 13, 2022 - Lovely integrated vanilla, oak, and butter with balanced acidity. Splendid wine
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rocknroller wrote: 93 points
November 4, 2022 - Light gold color. Split bottle over 2.5 hours. This was excellent from the start and it just kept getting better. There's an intense nose of sea breeze, steely minerality, lemon peel, white apple and pear. The palate too is mineral driven, layers of stony minerality, tart fruits, a mix of pear, peach, and lemon; with a little lemon oil texture, very tangy, long and refreshing. Really love these.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type White
- Producer Chateau Montelena
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 6144355351326, 733555351227, 733555351333, 733555381125, 733555381323
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,542 (50%)
- Consumed 1,512 (50%)
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