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Ridge - "Monte Bello Vineyard" Santa Cruz Mountains Proprietary Red 2019

 
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Price: $228.99

Quantity in Stock: 1
Producer Ridge
Country California
Region Central Coast
Subregion Santa Cruz Mountains
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2019
Sku 40000066276
Size 750ml

James Suckling: 99 Points

(9/13/2022) "This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and smoked meat. Mint. Some sesame seed, too. It's full-bodied with incredible darkness and saltiness like volcanic salt. Umami. Grilled seaweed. Flavorful and captivating. It goes on for minutes. Try after 2025, but this may age forever."

Decanter: 98 Points

(9/21/2022) "Opens with soaring red raspberry and vivid cassis flavours. Even more precise and pure-tasting than its brother, the Estate Cabernet, Monte Bello has exquisite choreography and building on the palate. Still terribly young, has an immense structure. With time, its finish will no doubt lengthen if one can endure the agony of waiting. This is the wine that has established Ridge as a California 'First Growth'. Because of the vineyard's cool mountain site exposed to the Pacific, Monte Bello always has a dramatic freshness--drinking it, you feel as though you're in the mountains yourself. The first Monte Bello vines were planted in 1886, but the vineyard fell into near ruin during and post-Prohibition. A mere 3.25ha (eight acres) were replanted in 1949 and were the source of the first Monte Bello in 1962. Since then, other historic blocks have also been replanted. The 2019 is 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. Drinking Window: 2028 - 2060."

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