Lots of race and sinew

aged for 20 months in small French oak barrels)

wonderfully expressive

There is better size and weight as well as more minerality on the powerful larger-scaled flavors that conclude in compact

but it should put on more weight when it reaches adolescence

Montelena, The Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_italy Lots of race and sinewCurrently being offered to mailing list members as part of a three vintage pack (2008, 2013, 2018 for $700), the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a killer wine that should continue to drink well for another 15 years or so. It offers up evolved notes of cigar box but remains fresh, with intense redcurrant and cassis still in evidence on the nose. Medium to full bodied, it's silky, aristocratic in bearing and long on the finish.