Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California purchasing vineyards and in 2001

purchasing vineyards and in 2001 he acquired some bodegas from their neighbors

It should drink well after 3-5 years of cellaring

The wine reveals plenty of sweet fruit in the fragrant bouquet

with high levels of residual sugar (higher than 2001 for the most part) as well as botrytis

layers of flavor

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California purchasing vineyards and in 2001The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate (13,000 cases) will disprove all the naysayers about how bad the vintage was in the North Coast. It possesses an opaque ruby purple color, a gorgeous perfume of loamy soil, new saddle leather, chocolate, and black cherry and black currant fruit, full body, and ripe tannin in the finish. As it sits in the glass, notes of cedar and spice box also emerge. Although more evolved than most Montelena Cabernets are at age 4,