Fantastic aged California cabernet. Blind I would have said Ridge Monte Bello from the mid 90s. It possesses those red cabernet fruit notes, eucalyptus, touches of fennel. Beautiful acidity and nice long pleasing finish. Plenty of depth and extract. Harkens to the good old days.
Fantastic aged California cabernet. Blind I would have said Ridge Monte Bello from the mid 90s. It possesses those red cabernet fruit notes, eucalyptus, touches of fennel. Beautiful acidity and nice long pleasing finish. Plenty of depth and extract. Harkens to the good old days.
May 15th, 2020
nose - plum, stewed fruit
Plum, raspberry, decent acid, solid balance for the age, good aged fruit
nose - plum, stewed fruit
Plum, raspberry, decent acid, solid balance for the age, good aged fruit
Nov 18th, 2021
Verging on hot Italian, in that sour cherry sundried tomato red pepper sandwich topping vein. Not without development, primary fruit alive, still a little boozy/alcohol/glycerol on finish, on reflection—though to be clear, 13.2% on the label. 10-acre vineyard planted to cabernet in 1945, merlot added in ’83.
Verging on hot Italian, in that sour cherry sundried tomato red pepper sandwich topping vein. Not without development, primary fruit alive, still a little boozy/alcohol/glycerol on finish, on reflection—though to be clear, 13.2% on the label. 10-acre vineyard planted to cabernet in 1945, merlot added in ’83.
May 30th, 2016
VA for the first 20 min or so then blew off. Soaring nose but feels riper overall then some of the other ravenswood cabs from the same era with 13.9 abv. These mixed cases have been the best purchases I’ve made on wine
VA for the first 20 min or so then blew off. Soaring nose but feels riper overall then some of the other ravenswood cabs from the same era with 13.9 abv. These mixed cases have been the best purchases I’ve made on wine
Sep 7th, 2022
Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
