🇺🇸 From Château Montelena · Napa Valley · California · United States
Château Montelena, The Montelena Estate Zinfandel, Napa Valley
Red · Estate · first vintage on our lists 2001
Poured at 12 of the world's top restaurant lists in 6 countries, across 7 vintages from 2001 to 2021, with 2 realized lots at auction.
Where it's poured
12 rooms in 11 cities across 6 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
The map · 4 US rooms in 4 cities
Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Chateau Montelena, The Montelena Estate Zinfandel, Napa Valley; dot size is the number of rooms.
The vintages
7 vintages on the world's lists, 2001 to 2021, 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
2 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at rates on the sale date.
Too few usable sales of the 1982 to draw a curve. The full record →
$30
Median at auction, per 750ml
×3.8
$117
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 2 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
The Friday recap
The week's sale prices, records and movers. One email, no noise.