2016 Ridge Chardonnay Monte Bello

Community Tasting Note

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94 Points

Sunday, November 24, 2019 - This is stupidly delicious. Quite toasty - and actually the oak needs a little time to integrate, maybe even just a year or so. But beyond that we have yellow pear and honeysuckle, struck flint, some tropical fruit, and a lot of very pleasant oak tannin giving this plenty of grip. Acidity is medium at the moment, and in a rare happening I am glad it’s not higher since I think the wine might actually explode my mouth if it was. I would guess best in 2021-2022, though if you like your Chardonnays older this should happily make it. 14.4%, $80.

Made even better by the views on a beautiful sunny day at Monte Bello.

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