Community Tasting Note

Hank Gillespie wrote:

Friday, May 30, 2008 - Ridge Monte Bello Tasting (The Wine Summit, Lake Louise, Alberta): BARREL SAMPLE. 73% CS, 13% M and 8% PV – 13.3% ALC. This should be close to the final blend, but a further tasting/selection will determine the final assemblage.
Black/purple colour, with a deep pink rim; perfumed nose – grapey; short sniffs brings out fresh berries and slight evidence of light sweet smoke; on the palate some astringent fruit and primary oak influence; finish not yet defined but the sensation lingers on the palate for some time – moving to a fruity end. Fun to taste this very young wine from barrel, which is going to spend probably another year in barrel to evolve more than the primary fruit.

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