The Mercury News in Northern California featured Chateau Montelena as one of the best virtual tasting room experiences in wine country. In addition to sharing historical background on the picturesque property, the writer outlines a unique at-home tasting the winery is offering that includes three flagship wines, 2016 Napa Valley Chardonnay, 2017 Calistoga Zinfandel and 2017 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. As an added bonus, the package is shipped with a copy of Bottleshock, the movie based on Chateau Montelena’s stunning win during what is now referred to as The Judgment of Paris.
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Chateau Montelena Zinfandel 2016
Calistoga, California
Produced from grapes grown on the Montelena Estate vineyard, the Zinfandel is a classically-structured, subtle and refined wine. Planted in volcanic soil, combined with 10-year-old vines in alluvial soil, this is a stunning wine known for its spicy, ripe berry flavor.
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Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Napa Valley, California
The Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a medium-bodied wine offering notable raciness up front, compelling freshness and depth of flavor. The earthy, complex and concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon is softened by the judicious addition of Merlot. This is a wine that delivers immediate pleasure upon release.
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Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016
Napa Valley, California
A true icon. The Napa Valley Chardonnay is the wine that put Chateau Montelena and Napa Valley at the forefront of the wine world in 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris.” To great disbelief, the Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays. And as they say, the rest is history.
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Chateau Montelena
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
In 1976 Chateau Montelena put California at the forefront of the wine world. That year a who's-who of the French wine establishment gathered in Paris for a blind tasting of French and American wines. When the scores were tallied, the top-ranking white wine was Chateau Montelena's 1973 Chardonnay. Montelena today continues to be a quality benchmark in Napa Valley, producing some of the finest Cabernet and Chardonnay in California.
