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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Seanwsmithm3 on 8/3/2023: Absolutely singing. Fruit, Cedar, dust, tannins, earth and acid all in balance. taste like montebello. Wish I had more. One of the best bottles of Ridge I've ever had. (371 views) | | | Tasted by WineGuyX on 1/20/2019 & rated 87 points: Good nose of minty black currant fruit and charred wood. Medium-bodied and hanging in there. Will see if it improves or decays with time in decanter/with a T-bone.
Later: Nose is still delightful. Palate is still a little light. I'm sure this was great 5-10 years ago, but is now over the hill. That said, it is still together and considering that I paid $14.95 (approximately $24 in 2019 dollars), this was an amazing bargain! 87-ish (1243 views) | | | Tasted by Bromie on 9/22/2012 & rated 92 points: Surprisingly lovely. Cork broke up on opening. Some bricking. Mature Cabernet nose - black currant with a hint of tobacco and cedar - could be mistaken for a claret. Still plenty of fruit and sweetness - drying on the finish - medium length. Really lovely now but may last even longer. Sadly my last bottle (3418 views) | | | Tasted by jimkay21 on 12/19/2011 & rated 92 points: Dark red color, light sediment, similar to last bottle. Back labl suggest it will hold up through 2004. This is doing fine and it could keep going. (3640 views) | | | Tasted by jimkay21 on 10/1/2011 & rated 91 points: Pretty amazing - purchased on release and stored in a variety of closets, basements and finally a proper cellar over 5 household moves. Cork fell apart while opening, but no leakage. Wine had a fine sediment. Color is black/red with no bricking. Great mature Cabernet nose readily detectable on decanting. Palate is smooth with some fruit still present, but mature. Good acidity, great balance. (3612 views) | | | Tasted by tplskylrk on 1/31/2010 & rated 92 points: Much different wine than previous. This one much younger, seems like a 2002 Cali Cab. The nose took a while to open up. Dark, no bricking. Beautiful mature Cab fruit wafting off the glass, very dusty. Full palate of fruit, mature, old world, yum across the palate. Very nice mature California cab, love it. Killer wine making. (3741 views) | | | Tasted by JulienGraves on 12/31/2009 & rated 79 points: Regrettably over the hill; pruny nose, oxidatize palette. Could drink it; but preferred to pour it out. (3098 views) | | | Tasted by tplskylrk on 8/1/2009 & rated 90 points: A darker red, hint of brick at the edges. Nose was a bit of alch, which is strange given it's low content, along with a brunt/charred oak. All the fruit on this is absorbed, only slight tart strawberry flavor remains, that charrred oak, leather. Decent finish, tannins there, but this baby is past it's day, drink up. (1411 views) | | | Tasted by JulienGraves on 6/20/2009 & rated 93 points: Still plenty of years left; medium tannins, great color, complex nose. OK for 5 more years (1427 views) | | | Tasted by JulienGraves on 5/30/2009 & rated 82 points: Very good color, strong tannic backbone remains, little fruit comes through. Nose slightly musty. Could be just this bottle. (1454 views) | | | Tasted by madeiradog on 6/13/2005 & rated 88 points: Nice but nothing spectacular. Seemed to have a higher acidity than most. Sour cherry fruits with integrated tannins holding firm. (2112 views) | | | Tasted by kulgirl on 6/15/2004: Excellent (2200 views) |
| Ridge Producer website | Wikipedia
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m) on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA near Cupertino, California. The other Ridge winery facilities are at Lytton Springs in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County.Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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