Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon 1994

Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon 1994

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  • Jane Anson rating 94
  • Robert Parker rating 90
Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
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HED87300

75 cl

12.7%
£360.00
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The Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 is a mature red wine from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Ridge Vineyards, founded in 1962, has garnered a reputation for crafting age-worthy wines through meticulous vineyard management and a commitment to sustainability. The 1994 vintage Monte Bello presents a blend of 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. With age, it showcases aromas of blackberry, earth and hints of tobacco, while the palate reveals a tightly-woven structure with integrated tannins and notable acidity, offering a long, complex finish.
94 Jane Anson
Deep dark fruit expression, wonderfully balanced, this is open with melted tannins and a welcoming structure, and yet incredibly young still at almost 30 years old. Bilberry, loganberry, raspberry, you can almost feel the pips and texture of the fruit even now, softened and offset by smoked earth, saffron, leather and truffle. Paul Draper winemaker. Harvest October 18 to 28. Almost entirely new American oak, rest new French oak.Jane Anson10th November 2022

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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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