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yhn -> Ridge "Estate" clarification (9/4/2008 1:16:45 PM)
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Some new releases feature the "Estate" designation. The SCM designated wines have long been exclusively sourced from Monte Bello ridge fruit, but have included non-Ridge owned vineyards. The "Estate" wines are from 100% Ridge owned vineyards, so there is a differentiation and it's not just an arbitrary change. One could argue, then, that these are not the same exact lineage as precedent vintages. But it really depends on a few unanswered questions, as what is being done with the non-estate grapes? With Chardonnay, this change comes with the '06 vintage. There is an '06 Estate and an '06 Mikulaco. Perhaps that's the only non-Estate Chard up there?
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