Men’s Journal included Chateau Montelena in a story, “The Best Bottles of Wine and Champagne to Bring to Any Holiday Party.” The article includes Chateau Montelena’s 2017 Napa Valley Chardonnay noting how “it opens with fresh peach and apricot, then florals take center stage, closing with pear and cinnamon. Rife with vanilla and apple blossom, it harmoniously hits the notes of a great chardonnay. Read the full story HERE
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Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay 2017
Napa Valley, California
A true icon. The Napa Valley Chardonnay is the wine that put Chateau Montelena and Napa Valley at the forefront of the wine world in 1976, in what is now memorialized as “The Judgment of Paris.” To great disbelief, the Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay was the top-ranking wine against four white Burgundies and five other California Chardonnays. And as they say, the rest is history.
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Chateau Montelena
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
Chateau Montelena is renowned for consistently producing age-worthy, classically-styled wines that capture the nuances of each vintage and its distinct terroir. Widely known for winning the Judgment of Paris in 1976, it helped put California at the forefront of the wine world. Today, the winery is honored on the National Register of Historic Places and continues to be owned and operated by the Barrett Family.