Ridge Monte Bello 2019
£231.18 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Ridge Vineyards
Santa Cruz Mountains
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium ruby in color, the 2019 Monte Bello is bursting with pure, expressive perfume! Red and black currants are layered with wafts of rose petals, charcuterie, fresh thyme and tobacco, graphite, vanilla and cedar. Medium-bodied, it's the definition of weightless intensity, with concentrated layers of floral perfume and spice, a silky, mouthwatering frame, and a very long, ethereal finish that calls you back to the glass for another sip. Delicate, complex and very easy to drink, it's an especially elegant expression of Monte Bello!
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Alcohol
13.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 16ºC and 18ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels.
Description
Ridge Monte Bello is one of the world's great wines from the Monte Bello vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This wine is a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand and come exclusively from the Monte Bello vineyard. Once harvested, they are destemmed and selected, ensuring that only the best grapes are used to make this wine. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts, and a complete malolactic fermentation is carried out with the natural bacteria present. This wine is aged in barrels for twenty months. As for the barrels used, 95% are made of air-dried American oak and 5% of French oak, all of them new.
Taste
Ridge Monte Bello has an opaque ruby colour. On the nose, notes of ripe cassis, plum and red currant fruit are complemented by hints of toasted oak, vanilla, fennel, juniper berries and bay leaf. On the palate, this wine stands out for its well-integrated velvety tannins, a full mid-palate, firm acidity and a long, sumptuous finish. It is a wine that, while enjoyable in its youth, will benefit greatly from a decade of ageing, and has the potential to develop and evolve for at least another twenty years.
Shipping to North Ireland
Estimated transit time: 4-5 working days.
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