Ridge, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Ridge, Estate Cabernet SauvignonThe 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Monte Bello Vineyard is composed of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc, aged 17 months in American oak (35% new). It has a medium to deep ruby color with scents of blackcurrant, chocolate covered cherries, cedar, cigar box, red fruit sparks, dried flowers and blackcurrant bud plus notions of graphite and iron. Medium to full bodied, it offers wonderfully lush fruits and firmly

leather and grilled herb

redcurrants and blackberry compote with touches of licorice

000 bottles were filled with this magnificent 2013

(from 75+ year old vines)

intense and sophisticated flavors that display a really seductive silkiness on the mouth coating finish

5 hectares of Sangiovese owned by the Mazzei family

honey and spicy personality

because the other owner does not declare their wine as En Virondot

potpourri and olive are sharpened by a smoky mineral flourish

focused and lingering finish that is shaped by citrus-tinged acidity

all wrapped in a bitter lemon-inflected finish

It has character