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Located in the North Coast Region of California, Napa is one of the most exclusive wine areas in the country despite the fact that it accounts for a mere 4% of California’s total wine production. The main red varieties that call the Napa Wine Region home are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Stretching 250 miles south from the San Francisco Bay to Santa Barbara County is the Central Coast Wine Region, a coastal sprawl responsible for about 15% of California’s total wine production. In the northern parts of the Central Coast, Chardonnay tends to dominate the plantings, with Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon also playing ...
Stretching 250 miles south from the San Francisco Bay to Santa Barbara County is the Central Coast Wine Region, a coastal sprawl responsible for about 15% of California’s total wine production. In the northern parts of the Central Coast, Chardonnay tends to dominate the plantings, with Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon also playing ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Consider the following list of the best Ridge wine labels to determine which wines you should add to your cellar: Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon. This flagship wine is Ridge’s most popular, and with good reason. This was the very first wine that the vineyard produced, starting in 1962.
Ridge's historic Monte Bello estate produces black tobacco, wet slate, chalk and blueberry jam aromas in this vintage. The wine, which gets support from 14% Merlot-3% Petite Verdot-1% Cabernet Franc, is not very dense and even racy on the palate, with violet, cola, tart cranberry and darker fruit as well. — Matt Kettmann
The final Monte Bello blend contains 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot and 6% Cabernet Franc, which represents a slight change from when I tasted it a year ago, though its profile remains very much the same. The 2016 checks in at 13.8% alcohol and pH 3.49.
Jan 22, 2024 · The story of Ridge begins with Osea Perrone, an Italian doctor who purchased 180 acres of property near the Monte Bello Ridge in 1885. Perrone built a winery into the mountainside, terraced the slopes, and planted vineyards, and by 1892, he released his first wine under the Monte Bello Winery name. Winemaking continued—with the exception of ...
