Ridge
Ridge Monte Bello
Red Blend · Santa Cruz Mountains, US
From public reviewers
4reviews
93median pts
$80median price
Without doubt this is a wine to cellar. It's massive in flavor, with the purist blackcurrant and cassis fruit you can imagine, and the huge plaster of sweet oak is perfectly balanced. Then there are the tannins. They're fine and complex, but gritty. There's an astringency throughout that a great steak will cut through, but it would be infanticide to open this before, say, 2010. Should improve through 2020 and beyond. || A tough, gritty, tannic Merlot that's dry and full bodied, with a solid core of blackberries, mi…
Source: Wine Enthusiast
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