1968 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  11/17/2023 - roddey3 wrote: 89 Points

  Won at fundraiser auction. Last Montebello vintage at Ridge before Paul Draper came on board. Opened & served immediately July 25, 2022 with roast pheasant: prune color; only fair nose; oddly tart; not well balanced. But not, however, "madérisé" as the French say. Overall, quite disappointing when compared to other Montebello bottles from the early-mid-1970s. No improvement the following day. Perhaps indeed past its prime.

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  2/21/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points

  WOW! The blast of tobacco, cedar wood, smoke, herbs and cassis could have come from Pauillac, and a serious Classified Growth at that. Full-bodied, a little rustic, but long and dense, the wine is rough and ready, leaving you with a lengthy flash of red fruits and herbs.

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  6/27/2017 - William Kelley Likes this wine: 95 Points

  A complex and vibrant bouquet of cedar, dried cherry, cassis, forest floor and a touch of leather is the prelude to a wine of striking amplitude, power and intensity; firm, savory tannins and bright acidity still make an impression on the palate. This early Monte Bello gives the measure of the site’s potential. 12.7%

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  6/10/2017 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points

  From double magnum (!)

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  10/23/2013 - dream Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Dinner With Paul Draper in NYC - older vintages of Ridge (Cafe Boulud): Wow, a great bottle of this wine which smells very much like a Latour with a wonderful nose of black fruits, minerals and roasted walnuts. Perfectly mature now with wonderful earthy dark fruit flavors and a smooth, silky first-growth type texture. Really elegant and fine but also grippy on the finish with complex notes of tar, black earth and minerals. Wow!

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