1990 Montelena - Chateau Napa Valley Estate Cabernet (750ml)

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The 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate was reviewed in issue #95 from tastings done before its release. Tasted twice from purchased bottles, it is a backward, but splendidly concentrated, broad, expansively-flavored, full-bodied Cabernet with a high level of tannin. Its stunning display of highly extracted, blackcurrant fruit judiciously wrapped in toasty oak is impressive. It is a 20-30 year wine.- Robert Parker Jr. (12/1994)

Excellent ruby-red color. Less expressive, youthfully unevolved aromas of cassis, black cherry, tar and shoe polish, plus a varnish-like high tone. Strong in extract and quite dense but very tightly wrapped today. Slight suggestion of nutty herbaceousness. Finishes with substantial chewy tannins, but also very long on the palate. This showed more and more texture with extended aeration. A slightly more rustic wine than the '91, but one with a long and bright future.- Stephen Tanzer (7/1998)