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Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Napa Valley

July 11, 2025 - Chateau Montelena sets the benchmark for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with its classically-styled, age-worthy wines. Crafted since 1978 from fruit sourced exclusively from their Estate Vineyard in Calistoga, this Cabernet reflects the unique terroir of the property. The Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ages beautifully from release to 40 years, evolving over time. A portion of each vintage is held back and periodically re-released as part of the winery’s decade re-release program, allowing consumers to experience library vintages alongside the current release.

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Decanter - June 26, 2018 "This cold rainy year has a bad reputation (some in Napa didn’t even pick), but the Montelena is one of the valley’s successes, with Bordeaux-like elegance, a red fruit profile,…

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Wine Advocate - February 28, 2018 "Pale to medium garnet-purple colored, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate features notes of cranberries, black raspberries and warm red currants with touches of garrigue, lavender and wild thyme. Medium-bodied with…

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Vinous - October 01, 2014 "The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a pretty wine from Chateau Montelena. Expressive floral and savory notes add complexity to the dark, pliant fruit in a soft, open Cabernet that…

Old Vine Red Lot 75

California

July 10, 2025 - Affectionately known as “OVR,” Marietta’s Old Vine Red is a proprietary red wine made to replicate the field blends of the old vineyards in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. A groundbreaking combination of grape varieties and multiple vintages first produced in 1982, this wine has blazed the path for red blends for decades. With an historic underground following, it is one of the longest lasting and best known red blends produced today. Predominantly comprised of Zinfandel, Old Vine Red combines pure fruit, a supple mouth feel and a rich, solid structure.

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Wine Advocate - October 15, 2024 “The NV Old Vine Red Lot 75 has a medium ruby-purple color is scented of red and black plums, raspberry candy, powdered sugar, prosciutto and floral potpourri. The medium-bodied palate…

Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Napa Valley

July 10, 2025 - Chateau Montelena sets the benchmark for Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with its classically-styled, age-worthy wines. Crafted since 1978 from fruit sourced exclusively from their Estate Vineyard in Calistoga, this Cabernet reflects the unique terroir of the property. The Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ages beautifully from release to 40 years, evolving over time. A portion of each vintage is held back and periodically re-released as part of the winery’s decade re-release program, allowing consumers to experience library vintages alongside the current release.

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Decanter - June 12, 2024 "The Montelena Estate is a gorgeous wine in 2021, built of 94.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4.9% Cabernet Franc, and 1.0% Petit Verdot, aged 22 months in 45% new French oak. It…

Juvé & Camps Reserva de la Familia Gran Reserva 2019

Penedès

July 09, 2025 - “Reserva de la Familia” (translating to ‘Reserve of the Family’) is one of the world's greatest sparkling wines, 100% estate, certified organic, always vintage-dated,  and all the more notable because of the quality needed to produce it without dosage.

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Wine Spectator - "A rich hint of grilled nuts is well-meshed with flavors of poached apricot and white cherry in this elegant sparkler"

Domaine Chanson Mercurey 1er Cru Clos L’Eveque 2022

Beaune

July 03, 2025 - Domaine Chanson Mercurey Premier Cru Clos L’Évêque comes from one of the most renowned Premiers Crus in Mercurey, named after the archbishop of Chalon sur Saône. The vineyard, located in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise, has clay and marl soils.

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Wine Spectator - July 31, 2025 "Though rich and laced with black cherry, blackberry, violet and stony mineral flavors, this red is also fluid and vibrant. Balanced, with a light line of tannins framing the aftertaste."

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