Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) South Australia Lafite Rothschild

Lafite Rothschild

I tasted the wine on three separate occasions in January

there is some angularity and rustic tannins remaining

black raspberries

opulent texture

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) South Australia Lafite RothschildThe 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,