Monte Bello (Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon) - 2014 - Ridge
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Purchased while on a wine tasting trip to the mountain that Ridge is on, though the grapes are from Sonoma. See the Ridge Google doc for pictures and tasting notes in general.
On this particular wine, the notes say, "5th - $200 cab - good enough, but a perfect wine? Tasted pretty similar to the 4th wine, and has a similar bordeaux blend". This particular tasting came with an extra $10 charge. We ended up sharing a tasting with Renelle, rather than getting multiples of it. Still, I think it was a 100-point wine for some publication, or if not that, was highly-awarded somehow.
Alcohol - 13.5% by volume
75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot
To quote the bottle:
Yields, Estate Cabernet Parcels:
92 tons from 65.4 acres
2014 Monte Bello, bottled June 2016 Lack of winter rain affected both vines and crops, limiting available nutrients. Still (something) carried a decent-size crop, which (something) September. Fermentations progressed (something) traction was decided by careful tasting. (Something) started in tank, and finished by February (something), which suffered in 2013, was strong in 20xx verdot remained challenged by drought...elegant vintage shows intense fruit, ... and firm acid. It will be enjoyable over fifteen to thirty years.
Ingredients: Hand harvested, sustainably grown grapes; indigenous yeasts; naturally occurring malolactic bacteria; 2.1% water added; calcium carbonate; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective SO2.