appellation calistoga ava napa valley ava other labels potter valley founded 1882 key people jim barrett vintner bo barrett winemaker brian baker vp sales and marketing dave vella vineyard manager cases yr 30 000 36 000 varietals chardonnay zinfandel cabernet sauvignon riesling distribution national tasting open to the public website www.montelena.com alfred l. tubbs winery u.s. national register of historic places nrhp reference 12001235 1 added to nrhp 000000002013 01 30 0000january 30 2013 chateau montelena is a napa valley winery most famous for winning the white wine section of the historic judgment of paris wine competition . chateau montelena s chardonnay was in competition with nine other wines from france and california under blind tasting . all 11 judges awarded their top scores to either the chardonnays from chateau montelena or chalone winery another california wine producer . a fictionalized version of chateau montelena s historic victory was featured in the 2008 film bottle shock . contents 1 history 1.1 san francisco tasting room 1.2 terminated sale 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1882 entrepreneur alfred loving tubbs bought 254 acres 103 ha of land just north of calistoga at the foot of mount saint helena . 2 tubbs had made a fortune from the rope business during the gold rush and knew the area from visits to the white sulphur springs resort nearby . he planted vines and by 1896 chateau montelena was the seventh largest winery in the napa valley . 3 cabernet sauvignon vines at chateau montelena . with the onset of prohibition in the united states winemaking ceased at the chateau and in the period that followed tubbs sold grapes but did not make wine . in 1958 the tubbs family sold the chateau to yort wing frank a chinese electrical engineer and his wife jeanie who were looking for a retirement home . the franks created a garden in the style of their homeland and excavated jade lake . the chinese garden is a popular spot for picnics although access is now limited to members of the chateau wine club . chateau montelena estate cabernet sauvignon label from the 1999 vintage in 1968 lee and helen paschich bought the property and brought in as partners lawyer james l. barrett and property developer earnest hahn . barrett replanted the vineyard and installed winemaking equipment in the historic buildings and it began producing wines again in 1972 with mike grgich employed as winemaker . four years later the chateau montelena 1973 chardonnay won first place among the chardonnays and white burgundies entered in the judgment of paris wine competition . 4 a bottle of that vintage is in the smithsonian national museum of american history . chateau montelena in 2004 chateau montelena was subject to claims by james laube of wine spectator that its wines were tainted by tca . following an independent laboratory test confirmation jim barrett announced the measures taken to eliminate the presence of 2 4 6 trichloroanisole in the montelena winery . 5 6 san francisco tasting room edit since late 2011 chateau montelena has set up a satellite tasting room within the westin st. francis in union square san francisco . terminated sale edit in july 2008 it was announced that michel reybier owner of bordeaux winery cos d estournel had purchased chateau montelena from jim and bo barrett for an undisclosed sum 7 a transaction which at the time of announcement robert parker described as one of the biggest stories in my 30 years in the wine field . 8 9 an executive committee made up of bo barrett managing director greg ralston and the winemaker at cos d estournel dominique arangoits with jean guillaume prats general manager at cos d estournel as president were set to oversee the 2008 vintage with a future strategy to expand the brand and replant 75 % of the vineyards . 2 4 by november 2008 however the agreement was cancelled . 10 11 the termination of the transaction by chateau montelena was stated to be due to the fact that reybier investments had been unable to meet its obligations . 12 see also edit california wine references edit weekly list of actions taken on properties 1 28 13 through 2 01 13 . national park service . february 1 2013 . retrieved february 24 2013 . a b styles oliver decanter.com july 22 2008 . cos d estournel buys chateau montelena . olney john st helena star august 3 2006 . alfred loving tubbs and the birth of chateau montelena . a b cooke jo & sogg daniel wine spectator july 22 2008 . ch teau cos d estournel buys chateau montelena . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link laube james wine spectator november 2 2004 . chateau montelena and tca . emert carol san francisco chronicle september 9 2004 . montelena joins the list of tainted wineries . the san francisco chronicle . carson l. pierce napa valley register july 23 2008 . chateau montelena sold to french wine firm . retrieved 2008 07 22 . parker robert mark squires bulletin board on erobertparker.com july 21 2008 huge news from napa tomorrow unless it leaks heimoff steve wine enthusiast magazine november 5 2008 . chateau montelena sale terminated . sogg daniel wine spectator november 5 2008 . chateau montelena sale falls through . asimov eric the new york times the pour november 5 2008 . chateau montelena sale canceled . woodward richard decanter.com november 6 2008 . montelena cos d estournel sale collapses . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to chateau montelena . chateau montelena official site coordinates 38 36 08 n 122 35 51 w 38.602165 n 122.59753 w 38.602165 ; 122.59753 v t e u.s. national register of historic places topics architectural style categories contributing property historic district history of the national register of historic places keeper of the register national park service property types lists by states alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana 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