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Red
2018 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
Community Tasting Notes 56
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Charlie Carnes wrote: 86 points
March 24, 2024 - This is fine, decent C/S. It could possibly improve with some more cellar time.
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HFLED Likes this wine: 92 points
March 23, 2024 - Very well balanced classic-ish California cab.
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Dobrie10 Likes this wine:
February 17, 2024 - 90 mins in the decanter yielded a pleasing, though young, wine. This has the stuffing to get through the end of the decade in great shape. We followed this fine for 4 hours and it was consistently better than the last sip. Fresh blackberry, cassis, oak, pencil savings, and firm long tannin. Next bottle in 2030.
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lazy Likes this wine: 94 points
February 14, 2024 - Decanted off sediment and carafed for about half an hour afterward. Dark clear ruby. Smelled black cherry, a tiny bit of CS cassis, leather, vanilla, tobacco, pencil shavings; the taste was intense on the fruit but with the other elements showing in the background. Semi-resolved tannin and good acidity balance the fruit, not rounded but not young medium bodied mouthfeel; on the whole it feels pretty seamless. Medium-plus finish on the fruit that eventually gets down to pencil shavings.
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Wine G Likes this wine: 89 points
October 28, 2023 - Excellent for the price, it’s like a rich Bordeaux. If I was drinking this blind I could guess a more opulent style Bordeaux , it is not overdone by any means. Hitting the spot especially in the $50 range
Edit: Day 2 this is an alcoholic hot mess on the nose, get a rubbing alcohol, the palate tastes fine but I cannot get past the nose. quite a difference from day 1.2 people found this helpful Comment
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By Antonio Galloni
Santa Cruz Mountains: The Compelling 2018s & 2019s (May 2022), 5/1/2022 (link)(Ridge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Central Coast Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/21/2022 (link)(Ridge, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Panel Tasting
Californian Cabernet Sauvignon 2017/18 panel tasting results, 2/1/2022 (link)(Ridge Vineyards, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
3/9/2021 (link)(Ridge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains Estate, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Estate
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
- UPC Codes 7070292974252, 744442279005, 744442279180
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 14 (0%)
- In Cellars 3,371 (80%)
- Consumed 821 (20%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
lamb, beef, game, Lam, Okse, poultry, red meat, steakWho Likes This Wine
100% Like It 57 votes
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- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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