2008 Ridge, Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains, Bottle (750ml)
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94AG
Critic key
AG = Antonio Galloni
- Rating
- AG94
- Producer
- Ridge Monte Bello
- Vintage
- 2008
- Region
- California
- Appellation
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
RP94 "The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is compelling. Where to start? An expressive bouquet redolent of sweet herbs, tobacco and incense leads to a gorgeous mélange of dark red fruit. The estate is drop-dead gorgeous, with the silkiest of tannins that frame an extraordinary finish. This has to be one of the most compelling values in California Cabernet. In 2008 the blend is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. Draper describes 2008 as the driest of the three drought years spanningThe 2008 is the first vintage for the Cabernet Sauvignon, which used to be called Santa Cruz Mountains. In 2008 a spring harvest frost damaged much of the Merlot crop, so there was no natural outlet for the Merlot that had previously been used in the Santa Cruz Mountains bottling, but in 2009 there will be a new Merlot." AG for TWA Aug 2011