Elevator Pitch – The Decade Release Program
July 10, 2020
Bo Barrett explains Montelena’s Decade Release, an aging program meant to highlight the evolution and cellar-worthiness of their Napa Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Elevator Pitch – Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
July 10, 2020
The Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon embodies the balance of Montelena, classic “old-world” structure with ripe California fruit. It is crafted from fruit coming from the Montelena vineyard and several prime neighboring […]
Elevator Pitch – Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
July 10, 2020
The Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is Chateau Montelena’s flagship wine and a quality icon of Napa Valley. The winemaking team works obsessively and passionately with each vintage to capture the best […]
Elevator Pitch – Calistoga Zinfandel
July 10, 2020
Zinfandel is California’s heritage grape, and as anyone who has tasted long-lived examples from the 1970s, it can produce wines of tremendous quality, both immediate pleasure and age-worthiness, and all […]
Elevator Pitch – Potter Valley Riesling
July 10, 2020
Riesling is a hidden gem within the Chateau Montelena portfolio. Many people don’t know it exists, and once they do – they keep coming back for more. Stylistically, it is […]
Elevator Pitch – Napa Valley Chardonnay
July 10, 2020
In 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris”, Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays in […]
The Back Label E02 – François Matton, Château Minuty
July 3, 2020
Pour yourself a glass and learn the story of François Matton, third-generation owner of Château Minuty, producer of some of the best selling rosé wines in Europe.
The Back Label E01 – Bo Barrett, Chateau Montelena
July 24, 2020
In our very first episode, Jesse Levine sat down with Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena. Having been at the forefront of the winemaking scene in Napa Valley since the 1976 Judgement of Paris, Bo had plenty of stories to share about the history of the estate and explains why it took just about fifty years to figure out he was “doing it right.”
