Chateau Montelena Estate Chardonnay chateau de bel air including the American investment firm

including the American investment firm Colony Capital

for grapes with softer

and black pepper

elegant profile

including the Seze family and the Frey family

Chateau Montelena Estate Chardonnay chateau de bel air including the American investment firmWinemaker Notes Bright ruby red. Penetrating aromas of black cherry, dried flowers and brown spices. Not as silky as the 2004 through 2007 vintages but boasts noteworthy refinement and savory intensity, with fresh, harmonious acidity giving the wine good focus and finesse. Excellent depth here if not quite the flavor development of vintages like '07 and '04. Still, this conveys a thickness of texture and a faintly exotic quality and finishes with very