2008 - Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz - 3x150cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Ridge
- Region Napa Valley
- Drinking 2017 - 2032
- Case size 3x150cl
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Josh Raynolds, November 2011, Score: 95+
Glass-staining ruby. Powerful, pungent aromas of cherry-vanilla, cassis, candied licorice and graphite, along with a suave floral oil quality that gains strength with air. Deeply pitched dark berry flavors show a liqueur-like intensity, as well as notes of smoky Indian spices, violet and vanilla. Ripe but quite vibrant, wih superb finishing clarity and persistence. This extremely young wine makes the case that high alcohol isn't a prerequisite for intensity or power in California cabernet.
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Josh Raynolds, November 2011, Score: 95+
Glass-staining ruby. Powerful, pungent aromas of cherry-vanilla, cassis, candied licorice and graphite, along with a suave floral oil quality that gains strength with air. Deeply pitched dark berry flavors show a liqueur-like intensity, as well as notes of smoky Indian spices, violet and vanilla. Ripe but quite vibrant, wih superb finishing clarity and persistence. This extremely young wine makes the case that high alcohol isn't a prerequisite for intensity or power in California cabernet.
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Jancis Robinson, June 2009, Score: 18
Bright crimson. Tight and savoury on the nose. Lots of spice. Wonderful racy breed with interesting prunes-in-armagnac flavours. Very dry and sappy on the finish. Lovely silky texture. Marked acidity. Rather Lafite-like. Great reverberation on the finish. Very fine.
Region
Napa Valley
This small town north of San Francisco has grown up to be one of California’s most famous wine regions. It is home to opulent Cabernets and sweetly-spiced Zinfandels, grown across many sub-regions including Stags Leap, Rutherford, Oakville and others. Cooling ocean fogs roll in from the Pacific at night and burn off in the summer sunshine, keeping the region cooler than you would expect for its latitude, and help produce some of the best Californian wines. Napa wines have the concentration and structure to age magnificently.