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Description
RIDGE VINEYARDS - ESTATE CABERNET SAUVIGNON 201914% ABV
GRAPE VARIETYS: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: CALIFORNIA (SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS)
In 1886 the first blocks of the Monte Bello vineyard were planted and construction on the winery begun. The first vintage was the 1892. In the early 1940s, the last of the old vineyard was abandoned; in the late forties a few blocks were replanted. Those cabernet vines now over sixty five years old produced the first Ridge Monte Bello (1962) and subsequent vintages until 1974. By then other abandoned blocks had been replanted and their fruit considered for use in the Monte Bello. A number of those consistently produced a more accessible wine that developed its full complexity earlier and these were combined as the Santa Cruz Mountains. With the 2008 vintage the name of this stylistically distinct wine became the Ridge Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, stressing the principal varietal and the Monte Bello estate vineyard as its source.
2018 Blend - 78% (MONTE BELLO) Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot.
Saturated purple colour with notes of black cherry, chai spice, chaparral and toasted oak. Bramble fruit on the palate with round, supple tannins, herbal forest character, and a long finish. EB (3/20).Winemakers note.
A beautiful, fresh red with blackberry, blueberry and some chocolate. Pine, light toffee and coffee undertones. Dried herbs, too. Medium to full body with intensity and richness. Dusty tannins. Savoury finish. Very drinkable now, but even better in 2023.
94 Points.
(James Suckling, March 2021)
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