2020 Ridge Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains
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JancisRobinson.com: 17++ “Deep lustrous crimson. Very complex balsam, sage and ripe Cabernet, including blackcurrant leaf, on the nose. Extremely subtle and layered. Quite marked acidity on palate entry and then supple tannins enclose the fruit. Definitely worth stashing away for many a long year but nowhere near ready. If it has a fault, it’s that it lacks a very long finish.” -Jancis Robinson (March 2024) Read more
Critic Reviews
JancisRobinson.com: 17++ “Deep lustrous crimson. Very complex balsam, sage and ripe Cabernet, including blackcurrant leaf, on the nose. Extremely subtle and layered. Quite marked acidity on palate entry and then supple tannins enclose the fruit. Definitely worth stashing away for many a long year but nowhere near ready. If it has a fault, it’s that it lacks a very long finish.” -Jancis Robinson (March 2024)
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Ridge Vineyards
- Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot Cabernet Franc
- Region: Santa Cruz
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2020
- Cellar until 2035
Tasting Notes
Very Limited Release. Opaque ruby colour with ripe cassis, plum and red currant fruit, toasty oak, vanilla, fennel, juniper berry and bay laurel. Well-integrated velvety tannins, full mid-palate, firm acid, and a long, sumptuous finish.
Winemakers Note
Mild temperatures in March prompted an early bloom that coincided with the spring rains. This resulted in a smaller crop that, accompanied by more summer fog than usual, allowed for slow, steady ripening into September. After assembling thirty-six of fifty-eight lots, the wine was returned to barrel for a further twelve months. As a classic Monte Bello, it will benefit from a decade of aging and develop over another twenty years. JO (5/22)
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