Ridge Monte Bello 2022
Santa Cruz
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Ridge was founded over 60 years ago and from the start has competed in quality with Bordeaux First Growths and Burgundy Grand Crus. This is a top-level Cabernet blend made to the highest standard, already with 96pts from James Suckling.
£250.00 per bottle
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Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
- Fine wine
United States- Deep Purple Crimson
- Cabernet-based blend
- 10.125 Units
- 13.5% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2040
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Luscious cassis and berries, fennel, vanilla bean and firm tannins
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Story Behind the Bottle
Paul Draper has been winemaker at Ridge Vineyards since 1969, seven years after it was founded. Right from the beginning he was winning awards. In the renowned 1976 Judgement of Paris, it was a Ridge wine that wowed the world and beat Bordeaux First Growths, catapulting this winery and California vineyards to fame. Paul Draper is a very 'hands off' winemaker, his ethos being to give 100% dedication to the health of the vineyard to produce top grapes, then simply guiding the winemaking in the cellar. Monte Bello is their prized original vineyard. First planted in 1885, it was replanted in the 1940s. Cabernet dominated, with maturation in new US oak, this is a remarkably fine red with a wealth of dark fruit, sweet spice and nutty oak length.
Paul Draper has been winemaker at Ridge Vineyards since 1969, seven years after it was founded. Right from the beginning he was winning awards. In the renowned 1976 Judgement of Paris, it was a Ridge wine that wowed the world and beat Bordeaux First Growths, catapulting this winery and California vineyards to fame. Paul Draper is a very 'hands off' winemaker, his ethos being to give 100% dedication to the health of the vineyard to produce top grapes, then simply guiding the winemaking in the cellar. Monte Bello is their prized original vineyard. First planted in 1885, it was replanted in the 1940s. Cabernet dominated, with maturation in new US oak, this is a remarkably fine red with a wealth of dark fruit, sweet spice and nutty oak length.
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