Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California The wine reveals plenty of

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Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California The wine reveals plenty ofThe 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate (13,000 cases) will disprove all the naysayers about how bad the vintage was in the North Coast. It possesses an opaque ruby purple color, a gorgeous perfume of loamy soil, new saddle leather, chocolate, and black cherry and black currant fruit, full body, and ripe tannin in the finish. As it sits in the glass, notes of cedar and spice box also emerge. Although more evolved than most Montelena Cabernets are at age 4,