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Château Montelena, The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Calistoga

Red · Estate · first vintage on our lists 1980

Poured at 19 of the world's top restaurant lists in 5 countries, across 22 vintages from 1980 to 2021, with 219 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
19 rooms in 18 cities across 5 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
18 cities
The vintages
22 vintages on the world's lists, 1980 to 2021. 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
198019902000201020202021 · 2 rooms2019 · 3 rooms2016 · 1 room2015 · 1 room2013 · 2 rooms2011 · 1 room2010 · 2 rooms2009 · 2 rooms2008 · 1 room2007 · 2 rooms2006 · 3 rooms2005 · 2 rooms2004 · 3 rooms2003 · 1 room1998 · 1 room1993 · 1 room1990 · 1 room1986 · 1 room1983 · 1 room1982 · 1 room1981 · 1 room1980 · 1 room2019 · 3 rooms
20193 rooms pour it · from $320 on a listThe 3 rooms
At auction
219 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at rates on the sale date.
The full record →

Too few usable sales of the 1997 to draw a curve. The full record →

$120
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.8
$339
Median on a restaurant list
66.8%
Twelve months, at auction
From the house
The rest of the Château Montelena canon, and where the house stands.
Rooms pouring
Calistoga · California · United States8 wines in the canonranked 17 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
More wines from Château Montelena
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 219 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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