Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mtns 1999 92 Pts Ws

$179.95 -- WINE SPECTATOR REVIEW: 92 POINTS A wine of great balance, finesse and grace. Well-focused, the ripe, tart, rich blackberry and currant fruit is intense yet elegant, picking up earth, min... [click wine name above to read more]

Purchase Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mtns 1999 92 Pts Ws

Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mtns 1999 92 Pts Ws WINE SPECTATOR REVIEW: 92 POINTS A wine of great balance, finesse and grace. Well-focused, the ripe, tart, rich blackberry and currant fruit is intense yet elegant, picking up earth, mineral and sage notes, and finishing with fine, well- integrated tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2012. 5,679 cases made. - JL (Oct 15, 2002) WINEMAKER NOTES: In most California vineyards, yields were cut by a cold, rainy spring. At Monte Bello, where it was colder still, flowering and set were put on hold. When summer finally came, the clement weather allowed a perfect set. Even after severe thinning, yields were two and a half tons per acre, equaling 1997's record. We harvested the separate parcels from the end of October through mid-November, as they ripened. In this vintage, fermentations destined for in-barrel malolactic were started with selected yeast; the rest — including all malolactics — were natural. Ninety-three percent of the wine was racked to air-dried american oak and — as part of our ongoing comparison — seven percent to the best french oak. In February, we chose twenty-three of the thirty-six parcels for the Monte Bello. A conjunction of intense black fruit, firm acid, and well-integrated tannin has produced one of the finest vintages of an unusual decade. Balanced and approachable as a young wine, this lovely Monte Bello will develop beautifully with ten to fifteen years of bottle age. PD (Notes written Jan 2001) 72% cabernet sauvignon, 25% merlot, 2% cabernet franc, 1% petit verdot

Purchase Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mtns 1999 92 Pts Ws

  • SKU: AARIDGCAB99MB
  • Varietal: MERITAGE
  • Vintage: 1999
  • Region: SANTA CRUZ
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