Total Beauty featured Chateau Montelena in a story titled, “14 Luxe Self-Care Holiday Gifts for Your Friend Who Deserves a Break.” The gift guide covers the best luxury “self care” items to gift a friend and includes Chateau Montelena’s 2016 Calistoga Zinfandel as a great go-to option, since “A bottle of great wine goes a long way, and it pairs nicely with everything else on this list.” Read the full list of recommendations HERE
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Chateau Montelena Zinfandel
Napa Valley, California
Produced from grapes grown on the Montelena Estate vineyard, the Zinfandel is a classically-structured, subtle and refined wine. More than anything, it hearkens back to the way that Zinfandel was made in the 1960s and 1970s, with completely distinctive, rich and spicy California berry fruit, but a balance that made them no heavier than their Cabernet counterparts.
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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.
