Ridge Monte Bello 2010 Aged White Firm tannins and balanced acidity

Firm tannins and balanced acidity

it opens with notes of black fruit and subtle spice which fill out on an ample and complex mid-palate sustained by the caress of refined

Beautiful right now but able to be cellared up to 2040

and white-fleshed fruits

Elegant and round in the palate with a long afterstate that brings back floral and fruity memories

Ridge Monte Bello 2010 Aged White Firm tannins and balanced acidityThe Monte Bello vineyard, located only 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean, is part of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, Californias coolest cabernet producing area. Monte Bello has often been called Americas First Growth, as it is the finest domestic example of a classic Bordeaux blend in which cabernet sauvignon predominates. Intense briary mountain fruit, firm acid, black tea, chalky tannin, with mineral wet rock in a long finish. "The 2010 growing season