2018 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
Community Tasting Note
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Saturday, December 25, 2021 - A brilliant Cab that’s dense in fruit and structure but needs time to soften up the tannins.
Decanted over an hour, there's sweet fruit on the entry with ripe and tart blackberries, plum, blueberries, even strawberries. No discernible pyrazines besides some graphite that blew off after some time in the glass. It’s inky and opulent. Some minty eucalyptus, violets, and oak spice round out the wine.
The acid is tart, fairly high. Tannins are big and muscular, but ripe. Alcohol feels just right at 14%. Sweet black and bramble fruit plus molasses on the very long finish.
78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot from Monte Bello.
If you don’t mind the big tannins, this is great drinking now. Otherwise, revisit in 2024 and hope the tannins turn to velvet by then.
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