Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California toasty oak

toasty oak

a blockbuster

Anticipated maturity: 2006-2030

It needs to be drunk over the next 7-8 years

but nevertheless

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 2001 (1.5L) California toasty oakMontelenas backward, elegant, complex 2001 Estate reveals a dense ruby purple color along with foresty, earthy notes intermixed with black currant characteristics as well as sweet tannin. Always a less ripe outlier (although it contains 14% natural alcohol), it will benefit from 2 3 more years of cellaring and should keep for at least 20 more years based on the extraordinary longevity Montelena Cabernet Sauvignons possess. Robert Parker 91 points