Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2021

HED93133 75cl 14%
The Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2021 is a wine made from Chardonnay grapes grown in the Monte Bello Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA of California. The grapes were harvested in late August and September, and the wine was fermented in a combination of American and French oak barrels. The wine was aged for 15 months in barrel before being bottled. The nose is dominated by aromas of citrus, apple, and pear, with hints of honeysuckle, white flowers, and flint. The palate is rich and complex, with flavours of citrus, apple, pear, honey, and vanilla.
2021
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California, United States
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Named after the historic vineyard area of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains has been a byword for fine Californian wine since the early 1960s. Ridge shot to fame in the fabled 1976 Judgement of Paris. It was at this groundbreaking blind tasting that the 1971 Ridge Monte Bello was pitted against some of the most revered First Growths of Bordeaux. It placed fifth. (NB: in a re-enactment of the same tasting held in 2006, Monte Bello 1971 placed first.)

Under legendary winemaker Paul Draper, Ridge Vineyards became renowned for the exceptional quality of its single-vineyard wines. Though Draper has now retired, the estate continues to produce terroir-focused wines with the same commitment to organic farming and traditional winemaking techniques. From the fine Bordeaux blends and Chardonnays of Monte Bello to the Zinfandels of Lytton Springs and Geyserville in Sonoma, and all points in between, Ridge Vineyards remains one of the most celebrated names in California wine.

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