Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2019 | Gift

Description

Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2019 is a stunning Chardonnay that would make a really special gift for white wine lovers. It’s a complex Chardonnay that smells beautiful with aromas of pear tart, lemons, passion fruit and a hint of spice. The texture is silky smooth and flavours are mainly stone fruits like peaches with pink grapefruit and tangerine, mineral notes and a hint of toast. The finish of the wine is very long with a steely minerality and fruit dominating. If you thought all Californian Chardonnays were big oaky beasts, think again. This is a fruit-driven Chardonnay that is really elegant. Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2019 really is an iconic wine – I love, love, love it! Winemaker Matt Crafton describes the wine better than I can – see the Producer’s Notes tab for his longer description.

The 1973 vintage of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2019 won first place against a host of top French Burgundies at the 1976 Judgement of Paris shocking the wine world and establishing Chateau Montelena as an iconic Napa Valley estate. Second generation winemaker Bo Barrett likes to keep things simple, describing the estate as “A family-owned company that follows the weather”. His approach is to intervene as little as possible and produce wines each year that reflect the Napa terroir and the weather.

Note: the price of this one-bottle gift pack includes Postage and Packaging. If you would like me to get hold of some of this wine to include in your own mixed case, just let me know.