2013 Ridge Monte Bello
Community Tasting Note
Philippe_C wrote:
88 Points
Monday, December 29, 2014 - Very tannic and extracted, black fruit, too tannic, not my taste!
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Comment posted by markydecker:
12/29/2014 11:35:00 AM - Young Monte Bello is expected to be quite tannic. These wines need 10 years in bottle to come around. This wine has not even been released yet, was this a winery tasting?
Comment posted by jtrickett:
12/29/2014 2:01:00 PM - The 2012s have not been released yet either. I'm surprised this was even being poured somewhere.
Comment posted by markydecker:
12/29/2014 3:18:00 PM - You are correct. I purchase Monte Bello via futures from the winery, the 2012 will be released in March 2015. Very curious as to this tasting of the 2013.