Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California with fabulous richness

with fabulous richness

Made from younger vines from numerous sources

a blockbuster

It needs to be drunk over the next 7-8 years

There were only three cuvees in 2001 – from an 11-acre site on the western Oakville hillsides near Harlan Estate

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California with fabulous richnessMontelenas backward, elegant, complex 2001 Estate reveals a dense ruby purple color along with foresty, earthy notes intermixed with black currant characteristics as well as sweet tannin. Always a less ripe outlier (although it contains 14% natural alcohol), it will benefit from 2 3 more years of cellaring and should keep for at least 20 more years based on the extraordinary longevity Montelena Cabernet Sauvignons possess. Robert Parker 91 points