2019 Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon96 Pts Decanter Winemaker Notes Saturated purple color with black cherry, plum, black tea, cedar and sweet toasted oak on the nose. Bramble fruit, vanilla, and mint on the palate with well coated tannins and a long finish. About Winery Ridge Vineyards is a famed Californian wine producer founded in 1962, and based in the Santa Cruz Mountains, but with vineyards in several parts of the state. Its flagship wine, Monte Bello, is a Cabernet Sauvignon

a Pomerol-inspired Merlot from Napa Valley

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the palate reveals impressive intensity with a firm texture of grainy tannins and bags of freshness

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From small beginnings

96 Pts Decanter

subtle pink colour

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the wine is rounded and smooth

knowledge and determination are credited with elevating the New York wine industry from a state of happy mediocrity to a level that today commands world attention

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