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2002
Ridge Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Ridge Vineyards
ridgewine.com
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| Appellation: |
Santa Cruz Mountains - California - United States
(AVA)
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red
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| Varietal: |
Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
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n/a |
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Alcohol %: |
13.7 |
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rated
(2005 vintage, 375ml bottle)
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May 4, 2009
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Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
cgcw.com
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86 points
"58% Cab. Sauv; 42% Merlot. Not to be confused with or mistaken for Ridge.s flagship Montebello Cabernet, this blend of varietals is a straightforward, medium-full-bodied wine that delivers a modest measure of mildly juicy, cherry and blackcurrant fruit. It picks up a touch of weediness in taste and narrows as it crosses the palate, but it could fill out a bit with a few years of age."
Best 2009-2021
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(2008 vintage, 750ml bottle)
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June 16, 2011
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Ridge Vineyards
ridgewine.com
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"In 1886, the Monte Bello vineyard was first planted and construction on the winery begun. The first vintage was in 1892. In the early 1940s, the last of the old vineyard was abandoned; in the late forties a few blocks were replanted. Those cabernet vines - now sixty years old - produced the first Ridge Monte Bello (1962) and subsequent vintages until the mid-seventies. By then, abandoned blocks replanted during the sixties were maturing, and their fruit considered for use in the Monte Bello. A number of those consistently produced a more accessible wine that developed its full complexity earlier and these were combined as the "Santa Cruz Mountains". With the 2008 vintage the name of this stylistically distinct wine became Ridge Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, stressing the varietal and the vineyard as its source."
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