Ridge Vineyards MONTE BELLO Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz California

Name: Ridge Vineyards MONTE BELLO Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz California - 2005
Where it's from:  >USA >California >Santa Cruz
Price per case: £555.82 
Bottle size: 75 cl
Bottles per case: 6
Style: Powerful Reds
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Description: The Monte Bello (originally Monte Bello Cabernet; until 1975, 100% cabernet) is the wine that introduced Ridge to the world, and the world to Ridge. It is a blend of bordeaux varietals. Cabernet sauvignon still predominates; exhaustive tasting of test blends during assemblage determines how much - if any - merlot, petit verdot, or cabernet franc will be included in the finished wine. Almost every vintage (an unbroken chain from '62 on) has something substantive to recommend it. Every decade has its high points. Taste and opinions differ. But the just-concluded decade of the nineties has been outstanding. Generalization does a disservice to the individual wines. There's structure, there's complexity, there's balance. And they develop for a long, long time.
Country: USA
Region: California
Sub region: Santa Cruz
Producer: Ridge Vineyards Cupertino CA
Product ID: 60193
Number of cases : 
Delivery Timescales: 6
Ridge Vineyards MONTE BELLO Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz California
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