Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1996 (750ml) large format An iconic wine as well

An iconic wine as well as a remarkable achievement

sweet perfume of black truffles

and the inky-colored 2012 is a brilliant effort

A dazzling expression of Champagne

Although still unevolved

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1996 (750ml) large format An iconic wine as wellA behemoth Cabernet Sauvignon is the stern, tannic, concentrated 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate (13. 5% alcohol). Full bodied, but closed, with gorgeously pure black fruits, powerful, loamy, earthy scents along with fruit and extract, this wine also needs 5 6 years of cellaring, and should easily last through the first 2 3 decades of the next century. Robert Parker 93 points