Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California crushed flowers and spices waft

crushed flowers and spices waft from the glass as this delicate

Full of richness

with fabulous richness

Made from younger vines from numerous sources

toasty oak

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California crushed flowers and spices waftMontelenas 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