Popped into
Chateau Montelena Winery last week for a taste. The 2006 estate Zinfandel is a good, but not a buy at $30.00. I loved the 2005 Montelena Estate Cabernet, but it's out of my price range at $135 a bottle. The finish on this wine is just beautiful. The only special here was a "Bottle Shock Gift Pack" for $35.00. This includes an autographed DVD of
Bottle Shock, by
Bo Barrett with a half-bottle of the 2006 Chardonnay, a descendant of the 1972 Chardonnay that won the
Judgment of Paris tasting in 1976. If you have a friend who is a Chardonnay nut and likes history, this might not be a bad deal.
