🇺🇸 From Château Montelena · Napa Valley · California · United States
Château Montelena, Chardonnay, Napa Valley
White · AVA · first vintage on our lists 1973
Poured at 111 of the world's top restaurant lists in 17 countries, across 15 vintages from 1973 to 2023, with 13 realized lots at auction.
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#379
Most listed in the world
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White wines in the world
#38
Wines of the United States
111
Rooms pouring it
Where it's poured
111 rooms in 76 cities across 17 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
The map · 83 US rooms in 52 cities
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
15 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.
At auction
13 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
Too few usable sales of the 2003 to draw a curve. The full record →
$58
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.9
$168
Median on a restaurant list
From the house
The rest of the Château Montelena canon, and where the house stands.
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 13 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
The Friday recap
The week's sale prices, records and movers. One email, no noise.