Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1985 (750ml) Size:750ml The 2006 Reserva was sourced

The 2006 Reserva was sourced from vines over 50 years of age raised in French oak for 20 months

with elegance and balance

We're also going to continue with a longer than average élevage period of 16 to 18 months

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pencil shavings and violet-like qualities on the nose

Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1985 (750ml) Size:750ml The 2006 Reserva was sourcedConsistently a low to mid ninety point Cabernet Sauvignon, Chateau Montelena's 1985 remains frightfully backward at nearly ten years of age. The 1985, 1987, and 1991 have the potential to be three of the longest lived Montelena Cabernets this fine winery has ever produced. In this tasting, the 1985 was unevolved and youthful, with an opaque ruby purple color, and a closed but promising nose of cassis fruit, earth, minerals, and oak. Full bodied,