Medium published an article, “Don’t forget the wine, champagne, spirits, and cocktails this Thanksgiving dinner,” to help consumers plan towards their gatherings next week. Chateau Montelena 2016 Chardonnay is among the wines recommended to have at the table, noting that it is “an elegant depiction of how beautifully balanced the varietal can be.” The writer adds that the wine offers notes of “honeysuckle and jasmine on the nose, joined with flavors of green apple and candied orange peel on the palate, finished by a rich contrast of silky toast and pear.” Read the full review and other suggestions HERE
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Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay 2016
Napa Valley, California
A true icon. The Napa Valley Chardonnay is the wine that put Chateau Montelena and Napa Valley at the forefront of the wine world in 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris.” To great disbelief, the Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays. And as they say, the rest is history.
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Chateau Montelena
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
In 1976 Chateau Montelena put California at the forefront of the wine world. That year a who's-who of the French wine establishment gathered in Paris for a blind tasting of French and American wines. When the scores were tallied, the top-ranking white wine was Chateau Montelena's 1973 Chardonnay. Montelena today continues to be a quality benchmark in Napa Valley, producing some of the finest Cabernet and Chardonnay in California.
