Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Tonight's wine is the 2017 Ridge Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot.

The nose has rich dark fruits of black cherry, blackberry, black plum, black currant, licorice, chocolate, violets, graphite and rich earth.

The palate reveals black cherry, blackberry, black currant, green bell pepper, soft toasted oak, graphite, licorice, spice, violet and earth.

This wine is full bodied filling the mouth with rich notes, medium + acidity and medium + mouth coating grippy tannins that moves nicely into a long black fruit finish. This wine does not disappoint for a second wine from Ridge. I hope your week has been going well and we have all been safe and healthy. Let's look forward to the weekend with more openings. Have a great rest of your week. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷

More oak then I thought but still very solid!

Stable good US CS. Black currant and oak. 2017 @2400, wine plus - R&C, 220827-220901

Magnum,
Its a rare good 2017, this will go a couple decades easy

The nose has rich dark fruits. Rich taste.

Very ripe but with matching muscles from oak and tannin.

This was dynamite. Ripe yet tart blue fruits with fine grained tannins. Enjoyable after 30 minutes in the glass.

Very promising, great structure, needs time.

Impressive out the gate. Shaping up to be one of the best from the estate

James’s rib night.