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🇺🇸 From Château Montelena · Calistoga · California · United States

Château Montelena, The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Calistoga

Red · Estate · first vintage on our lists 1980

Poured at 13 of the world's top restaurant lists in 3 countries, across 19 vintages from 1980 to 2019, with 219 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
13 rooms in 12 cities across 3 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
12 cities
The vintages
19 vintages on the world's lists, 1980 to 2019. 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
19801990200020102019 · 2 rooms2015 · 1 room2013 · 1 room2011 · 1 room2010 · 2 rooms2009 · 2 rooms2007 · 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 room2006 · 3 rooms
20063 rooms pour it · from $297 on a list · median at auction $117The 3 rooms
At auction
219 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
May 2015Dots are real salesAug 2024

The 1998, 7 sales. Dots are real sales.

$120
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.7
$318
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.
Reach · auction high
Calistoga · California · United States8 wines in the canonranked 27 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
$110high at auction
$480high at auction
$100high at auction
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 219 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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