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🇺🇸 From Château Montelena · Napa Valley · California · United States

Château Montelena, Chardonnay, Napa Valley

White · AVA · first vintage on our lists 1973

Poured at 101 of the world's top restaurant lists in 12 countries, across 13 vintages from 1973 to 2023, with 13 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
101 rooms in 64 cities across 12 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
64 cities
The map · 101 rooms worldwide in 64 cities
New York 12San Diego 5London 3Dubai 2Tampa 2Oslo 1Singapore 1

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Chateau Montelena, Chardonnay, Napa Valley; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
13 vintages on the world's lists, 1973 to 2023, plus a non-vintage bottling. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
198019902000201020202023 · 6 rooms2022 · 26 rooms2021 · 18 rooms2020 · 11 rooms2019 · 6 rooms2018 · 9 rooms2017 · 5 rooms2016 · 10 rooms2015 · 7 rooms2014 · 4 rooms2012 · 1 room2009 · 4 rooms1973 · 1 room2022 · 26 rooms
202226 rooms pour it · from $85 on a list · most poured in ChicagoThe 26 rooms
At auction
13 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
Jun 2018Dots are real salesJul 2026

The 2003, 6 sales. Dots are real sales.

$58
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.6
$150
Median on a restaurant list
From the house
The rest of the Château Montelena canon, and where the house stands.
Reach · auction high
Napa Valley · California · United States8 wines in the canonranked 27 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
$480high at auction
$100high at auction
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 13 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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