No formal tasting notes but wow this was drinking so well at this age. Yes it’s a legendary wine but I’d been concerned my bottle that had moved continents twice (once from a California to Europe and then to Australia) might not have liked the travel. Just marvelous, I’d not hesitate to buy again and cellar for 25 years.
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Decanted for 45 minutes. Dark opaque garnet. Steadily building nose of cassis, cedar, acacia, red currant, fennel, saline. Layers of deeply drenching black and red currant, vibrant ripe plum, blackberry, and iodine on the smoothly-textured palate. Lovely acidity and gentle tannin leading to a long finish of anchored but ringing red fruit with hints of leather and tobacco. A wine of balanced richness. Just beautiful.
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(Ridge Monte Bello) From 375 ml - very dark red violet color; cigar box, smoke, dried berry, dried currant nose; tart currant, cassis, dried red fruit, tart red berry palate with depth, but needs to integrate yet, sense of different moving parts; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc; decanted for 2 and a half hours)
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1/3/2021 - mdvillaverde wrote: flawed
Cork totally dried out and crumbled upon opening. Seemed flawed.
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12/21/2020 - Ozsnapper Likes this wine: 98 Points
No formal tasting notes but wow this was drinking so well at this age. Yes it’s a legendary wine but I’d been concerned my bottle that had moved continents twice (once from a California to Europe and then to Australia) might not have liked the travel.
Just marvelous, I’d not hesitate to buy again and cellar for 25 years.
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11/27/2020 - pkatz Likes this wine: 95 Points
Soft but incredibly youthful fruit. Fully resolved tannins but looked and tasted young.
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8/22/2020 - DougLee wrote: 94 Points
Decanted for 45 minutes. Dark opaque garnet. Steadily building nose of cassis, cedar, acacia, red currant, fennel, saline. Layers of deeply drenching black and red currant, vibrant ripe plum, blackberry, and iodine on the smoothly-textured palate. Lovely acidity and gentle tannin leading to a long finish of anchored but ringing red fruit with hints of leather and tobacco. A wine of balanced richness. Just beautiful.
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6/26/2020 - WineDoctors Likes this wine: 92 Points
Carried to village pub
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