(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Bricking medium garnet red color with pale meniscus; mature, appealing, tart plum, iodine, Bordeaux-like nose; tasty, mature, iodine, tart cassis, cedar, tart plum palate with fine grained tannins; long finish (most Bordeaux-like of our 11 vintage vertical; 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot)
(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Medium dark red violet color; nice menthol, eucalyptus, tart black fruit, "pondwater," currant nose; tasty, mature, tart plum, eucalyptus, menthol, black licorice palate with resolved, soft tannins; long finish
(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, mushroom, black fruit, tobacco and charcoal nose; tasty, mature, black fruit palate with depth, mineral and charcoal; long finish
By Richard Jennings
(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Bricking medium garnet red color with pale meniscus; mature, appealing, tart plum, iodine, Bordeaux-like nose; tasty, mature, iodine, tart cassis, cedar, tart plum palate with fine grained tannins; long finish (most Bordeaux-like of our 11 vintage vertical; 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot)6/17/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 95 points
By Richard Jennings
(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Medium dark red violet color; nice menthol, eucalyptus, tart black fruit, "pondwater," currant nose; tasty, mature, tart plum, eucalyptus, menthol, black licorice palate with resolved, soft tannins; long finish3/11/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points
By Richard Jennings
(Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; mature, mushroom, black fruit, tobacco and charcoal nose; tasty, mature, black fruit palate with depth, mineral and charcoal; long finish3/17/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points