Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California with high levels of residual

with high levels of residual sugar (higher than 2001 for the most part) as well as botrytis

fat and opulent style of Cabernet Sauvignon that Caymus has pioneered

It should drink well after 3-5 years of cellaring

beautifully concentrated

Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - 1998 (750ml) California with high levels of residualThe 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,