Ridge Monte Bello 2021
HK$ 2,775.68
Ridge Vineyards
Santa Cruz Mountains
Last 3 bottles. Immediate shipment
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2021 marks the start of a new era at Ridge, now under the stewardship of Trester Goetting and longtime Ridge veteran John Olney following the departure of veteran winemaker Eric Baugher. The 2021 Monte Bello is 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot due to drought-induced low yields, particularly in Cabernet Sauvignon. It is already assertive and polished on the nose, with aromas of cassis, dried tobacco, green peppercorn, mint and figs springing from the glass. The palate is suave and refined with electrifying energy and persistence, leading to a sophisticated finish of ripe black fruits and drying, layered stately tannins. Even in this embryonic stage, the perpetual pedigree of Monte Bello is here in spades; cellar for a decade and enjoy over the following two and beyond.
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Alcohol
13.5%
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Between 16ºC and 18ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels.
Description
Ridge Monte Bello is one of the world's great wines from the Monte Bello vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This wine is a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand and come exclusively from the Monte Bello vineyard. Once harvested, they are destemmed and selected, ensuring that only the best grapes are used to make this wine. Fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts, and a complete malolactic fermentation is carried out with the natural bacteria present. This wine is aged in barrels for twenty months. As for the barrels used, 95% are made of air-dried American oak and 5% of French oak, all of them new.
Taste
Ridge Monte Bello has an opaque ruby colour. On the nose, notes of ripe cassis, plum and red currant fruit are complemented by hints of toasted oak, vanilla, fennel, juniper berries and bay leaf. On the palate, this wine stands out for its well-integrated velvety tannins, a full mid-palate, firm acidity and a long, sumptuous finish. It is a wine that, while enjoyable in its youth, will benefit greatly from a decade of ageing, and has the potential to develop and evolve for at least another twenty years.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 19-23 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 24 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 49-53 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 54 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 134.89 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
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