2004 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena Estate

Community Tasting Notes (209) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  8/5/2022 - Papies wrote: 92 Points

  2 years since we had this last ( Papies 93) and this youthful , purplish tinted wine needs a decent decant at this stage. Frankly we are not sure if wit time this gets better as the juicy punchy side to it has a charm that works at this stage albeit we would have loved to have another bottle to try it down the line. A very pretty wine and a worthy 92-93 nonetheless.

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  7/27/2022 - JJN Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Less robust and deep than I expected. I'm not expecting further benefit from additional aging, so I'd drink soon

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  7/17/2022 - Deryl Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking beautifully now. Will open the others soon.

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  6/5/2022 - ayalao3 wrote: 91 Points

  Downhill. Overripe, low acidity

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  5/25/2022 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 91 Points

  From 375 purchased upon release. Amazingly tight cork shows virtually no seepage. Initial notes follow an hour decant. Forest floor, earth, mushrooms and faint red berries on the nose.
  
  Still plenty of structure here, more pronounced in std stems and nuanced in Somm stems. Displays the softer, European house style, but after 2+ hrs I have to question its longevity in this format. If inventory is right I’ve got 2 more of these, which I’ll drink this year

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