Community Tasting Note

• fredb wrote:

  April 15, 2014 - Medium gold color, deepens pretty quickly. Aromas of lemon, vanilla, spiced pear, and toasted nuts. Palate has spiced pear, apple, almond, vanilla, and some tart lemon on a medium finish. Holding, but time to drink for my tastes.

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• TooMuchWine75 commented:

  2/12/18, 12:15 PM - Think this still has a chance (haunted by a phenomenal 2006 ridge montebello white I had recently) or has it most likely turned?

• fredb commented:

  2/12/18, 1:02 PM - The Monte Bello is a winner for sure. I still have a couple of bottles of it. I have enjoyed the Drouhin Edition Limitee from the first release (2004) until I stopped buying with the 2012 (over-stocked). I would expect the 2005 to still be hanging on but showing age; I recall it being a riper year. Stylistically, I think that Ridge's oak program on the Monte Bello sticks out in the wines' youth. I feel that it integrates nicely, but I'm tolerant of it more than others.

• TooMuchWine75 commented:

  2/12/18, 1:08 PM - Have an opportunity to pick a few of these up, think I’ll go for it and post back :)

• fredb commented:

  2/12/18, 1:23 PM - My inventory suggests that I still have one around, but I know I've been prioritizing consumption of these while they are drinking to my tastes. If it is there, I will open and post a note this evening.

• fredb commented:

  2/12/18, 5:03 PM - Last bottle was consumed sometime in the past year in my drink down efforts. I recall that it seemed fresher than past bottles, which was a surprise. Expect bottle variation at this point, but it should be a drinkable wine showing Drouhin's touch with Oregon.

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