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The Monte Bello vineyard ranges in elevation from 1300′ to 2700′ above sea level and is composed of unique green stone and clay soils layered over decomposing limestone. Limestone is not found in the well-known Cabernet producing areas of Napa and Sonoma Valleys, making the soil composition at Monte Bello a unique and important contributor ...
A partnership of families that would become Ridge Vineyards bought out Short in 1959 and made their first commercial Monte Bello Cabernet wine in 1962. These blocks were part of the 1971 Monte Bello that showed well in the 1976 Judgment of Paris. The vines came from the defunct Fountaingrove community and are now in the process of becoming ...
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There’s something truly special about Ridge. I know a collector who traveled nearly 3,000 miles from New York to Santa Cruz specifically because he wanted to see the Ridge estate in person. What makes these wines so alluring? The answer lies in Ridge’s terroir, limited yields, and value. The Pedigreed Terroir Produces High-Quality Fruit Ridge is on...
What I love most about collecting Ridge wine is that the estate produces a diverse range of labels that appeals to different types of collectors. For example, if you think of your wine primarily as an investment, then Ridge’s flagship Monte Bello Cabernet will perfectly suit your needs. If you prefer to sip on a fine glass of Chardonnay over dinner...
To invest in the best Ridge wine, it’s also important to know which vintages were most successful. Here are the best Monte Bello Cabernet vintages in recent history: Although these vintages are among the best the estate has produced, that doesn’t mean that you should avoid investing in other vintages. Even middle-of-the-road Monte Bello vintages ca...
If you’re ready to build a Ridge wine collection from scratch, start by tasting a few different offerings from the estate. You can do this by putting together a tasting with friends, finding a tasting at a wine retailer, or driving up to Ridge’s tasting room in the Santa Cruz mountains (Ridge has a tasting room in Lytton Springs as well). The drive...
Ridge Recommends. Beautiful Mountain: A Monte Bello Cabernet Tasting. Called “America’s Greatest Cabernet Sauvignon” by New York Times critic Eric Asimov, our Monte Bello is first and foremost a wine of place. That place – high atop the Santa Cruz Mountains underlain by decomposing limestone and Franciscan rock – produces a wine ...
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Jul 24, 2023 · A winery was chiseled out of the limestone. The first Monte Bello wine was dated 1962—and here we are, 60 years on, celebrating the anniversary with a tasting of 20 of its finest incarnations, from 2019 all the way back to 1964. Monte Bello now covers some 370 acres (150ha) and gained full organic accreditation in 2011.
View All. 92 Points. ... Ridge 2020 Monte Bello Chardonnay (Santa Cruz Mountains) Read Full Review. 94 Points. Ridge 2021 Pagani Ranch Zinfandel (Sonoma Valley) ...
Dec 5, 2021 · The Monte Bello estate is nested on a summit high atop Monte Bello Ridge, in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. Ridge Vineyards commenced full-scale production as a commercial winery in 1962, but the history of the original winery dates back to 1885 when Oseo Perrone, a doctor from northern Italy, purchased the land. He terraced the steep slopes and ...
