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Monterra 1998 Chardonnay (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $9
Opening with pear, earth and toast on the nose, this medium-weight Chardonnay displays attractive tropical fruit, apple and spice flavors, and a decent mouthfeel. Enjoyable for its natural profile and decent finish, where a touch of pineapple sweetness creeps in. Best Buy.
— W.E.
(9/1/2000)
Monterra 1996 Promise Merlot (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $10
You can’t beat the price for a wine this soft, pretty and understated. There are sweet plum flavors but also more complex earthy notes in the middle of the palate and at the end, which distinguishes the effort.
— W.E.
(11/15/1999)
Monterra 2000 Encore - San Bernabe Vineyard Red Medley (Monterey County)
- $18
Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache, and quite ripe and lush. There’s an undertow of Cabernet’s currant and herb tones, but the fresh, sweet cherry and rose notes of Grenache make it succulent. Finishes long, with a dusty coating of tannin.
— S.H.
(6/1/2004)
Monterra 1997 Syrah (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $9
A real easy-drinking Syrah fairly stuffed full of fruit. A bouquet of berry, raisin, cinnamon, and mint opens to a mouthful of ripe, jammy dark-berry fruit. Finishes round, with mild tannins, earth and licorice notes. Best Buy.
— W.E.
(9/1/2000)
Monterra 2000 Syrah (Monterey County)
- $13
Delicato says that this offering is more French-styled than its other offerings. Though you won’t exactly mistake this for a Cotes-du-Rhône, there’s more of a mineral component here than oak, and the fruit isn't as jammy and sweet as it is in some of the other offerings.
— W.E.
(12/1/2002)
Monterra 2000 Merlot (Monterey County)
- $13
This quaffing Merlot was aged in oak for a year, which is evidenced by spice and caramel aromas on the nose. Plum and blackberry fruit is nice and jammy; mouthfeel is smooth but solid.
— W.E.
(12/1/2002)
Monterra 1997 Merlot (Monterey)
- Best Buy
- $9
This wine presents lean black-cherry fruit, with chocolate and herb notes. Good red-berry fruit shines on the slightly creamy palate, and a cocoa note enters on the finish, which displays soft, subtle tannins. Best Buy.
— W.E.
(9/1/2000)
Monterra 2000 encore White (Monterey County)
- $18
A blend of 40% Chardonnay, 26% Viognier and 24% Pinot Blanc (plus small quantities of Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling), this new addition to the Delicato portfolio spends 12 months in French oak. Its MacIntosh apple-and-oak profile drives this fact home. Ends with an acidic, lemony twinge. 900 cases made.
— W.E.
(12/1/2002)
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