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1990 Monte Bello $300.00

Size: 750mL



1990 Monte Bello
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
bottled March 1992

This ideal growing season produced lower-than-usual yields and a marked concentration of fruit, color and tannin. We made a separate wine from each of the ten different sections of the vineyard. In the assemblage, the softer, less intense wines-amounting to twenty-five percent of the total-were held out. The first press was included, and a portion of the wine was fined early in the aging process to moderate tannin. It is well-balanced, full, and quite lovely now, but will continue to develop for another twenty years. This may be the finest vintage since 1970. PD (2/92)

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