Community Tasting Notes 163

• KenK Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 2, 2024 - Impressive showing tonight, beautiful dark Rich blackberry fruits with savory spices and well balanced backbone. This was singing. In a great spot.

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• CHarder Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 29, 2024 - Absolutely stunning. Mature, fresh, fruit, light on its feet. Drink now-10yrs

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• guitarguy wrote: 94 points

  October 9, 2023 - MVery fruity and juicy on opening, almost simple and disappointing but opened over an hour to reveal a nose of volcanic ash, underbrush and a little dried cranberry. The flavors were a little less complex than we’ve come to expect from Santa Cruz Mtns, crunchy blackberry, drying tannins and a bit of saddle leather. Dried up on the palate and didn’t show a lot of length on the finish. I think the 2 year window from Vinous is probably right. The capsule was pushed up a little and the cork came out really easily but I didn’t sense any type of contamination despite appearances. I had a corked bottle a few years ago replaced by Ridge so I’m suspect of all the 2004 corks.

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• GiovanniRossi wrote:

  August 28, 2023 - Perfect

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• sleepyhaus wrote:

  June 9, 2023 - Consumed at a dinner amongst several other excellent wines, the Monte Bello made a strong showing. This was the ideal wine to transition from the Bordeaux served immediately prior, to California, as it really does appear to have a foot in both worlds. California ripeness with old world character. Excellent wine in a great place right now. While I'm sure this can go much longer, it's drinking beautifully now.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Ridge
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Monte Bello
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
• UPC Codes 185983000046, 744442101009

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• Pending Delivery 73 (2%)
• In Cellars 2,542 (63%)
• Consumed 1,409 (35%)

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