About Chateau Montelena
Chateau Montelena is based in Calistoga, with its visitor experience rooted in the Napa Valley wine region. The location gives guests a direct way to explore the producer's identity within the wider landscape of local vineyards and tasting rooms.
At its Calistoga location, Chateau Montelena presents a featured lineup that includes Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, The Montelena Estate Cabernet, and Zinfandel. Together, these bottles provide a focused introduction to the varieties, vineyard sources, and style that define the winery's current portfolio.
"The winery that won the 1976 Paris Tasting — the historic Calistoga estate whose 1973 Chardonnay beat France's finest whites in a blind tasting that c"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley / Calistoga
The current Chateau Montelena flagship — estate Calistoga-influenced Napa Cab of extraordinary depth. Consistently 95–100 points and built for 20+ years of aging. The heir to the 1976 Paris legacy.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Napa Valley
The wine that won Paris in 1976 — today's Chateau Montelena Chardonnay continues in the same tradition of mineral precision and restrained elegance that shocked the world four decades ago.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Sauvignon
The Montelena Estate Cabernet
Calistoga Estate
The premium single-estate expression — from the historic Calistoga property, showing the maximum depth and structure that volcanic mountain soils produce in Napa's most northern Cabernet territory.
Estate
★★★★☆
Zinfandel
Zinfandel
Napa Valley
A rare Chateau Montelena Zinfandel — showing that the historic estate has range beyond its famous Chardonnay and Cabernet programs.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
View Current Visitor Info →Estate Tasting
A guided tasting at the historic 1882 stone winery — the Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay program in the setting where the Paris-winning wines were made. One of Napa's most historically significant experiences.
$60
Jade Lake Garden Walk
A walk through the beautiful Chinese-inspired Jade Lake garden on the historic estate — one of Napa Valley's most peaceful and visually extraordinary winery grounds.
With tasting
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