2019 Ridge Monte Bello

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 95.5 points

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  2/8/2024 - AdinG wrote: 91 Points

  Not bad but seemed to be lacking proper acidity.

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  12/26/2023 - Giggs wrote: 94 Points

  Obviously built for a quarter-century from now. Today, the inky Petit Verdot dominates the nose, then blackberry, black currant, and vanilla and graphite edges. On the palate, freshly crushed purple-to-black fruits exist as notions of berry flavor that just peek out from behind a blanket of acidity.

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  11/28/2023 - dagij wrote: 94 Points

  Tasted with Sassicaia from the same vintage at the best wine bar in Norway(Territoriet in Oslo). Deep ruby, almost black. Intense note og plums, blackberries, banilla and that typical intense eucalyptus tone. Full bodied attack, extremely fine grained tannins and very good acidity. The mid palate is sweet an fredh, nicely balanced the fine tannins. Long aftertaste with some beatiful eucalyptus tones. Too young now, but drinkd much better now than the Sassicaia. But in five years? The Sassicaia for me!

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  9/30/2023 - crazyoncoffee wrote: 95 Points

  Tasted at the winery. This young fellow was bombastic--fun to try. A little out of control, young teenage years for him. Still showed very well in its youth. The tannins haven't settled down yet and it didn't feel totally integrated, but I'm sure this one is destined for greatness much like the 2016 we tasted it against. That one was screaming out "I could wait, but drink me now for all I care!" This wine said, I need to wait a little bit to reach prime time--and I agree. Thanks to the team at Monte Bello for having us.

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  9/10/2023 - DevenStephens Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Ridge Blind Tasting; 9/9/2023-9/10/2023: Ridge blind tasting!
  
  So I set up a blind tasting of the 5 main reds from Ridge. The entry level Three Valleys, the Lytton Springs, the Geyserville, the Estate Cab and the legendary Monte Bello! I knew what I brought but I had everyone including me drink the wines blind and in no particular order. The order that ended up coming out was:
  1:Geyserville
  2:Monte Bello
  3:Estate Cab
  4:Three Valleys
  5:Lytton Springs.
  
  Here are the notes for the Monte Bello: the strongest oak on the nose out of the 5, gives me a Rioja vibe at first with a lot of vanilla, cloves, chocolate and rich red berries. On the palate this thing is amazing. First time experiencing a Monte Bello but I knew this was the big one out of the 5. It does show that it need more bottle age, quite a bit actually but it still gives off one hell of a show. Strawberry and Blueberry on the palate. Some bread as well. This is gonna be an extraordinary wine some day, masterfully done! (My favorite of the tasting)

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