Ridge Vineyards
Ridge Vineyards is a Californian wine producer based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Its flagship wine, Monte Bello, is a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated Bordeaux blend known for delivering the complexity and elegance of Bordeaux wines, as well as typical California fruit intensity. This wine has earned numerous awards and accolades over the years.
Ridge Vineyards was founded in 1962, though the history of the Monte Bello vineyard and winery dates back to the 1880s. Paul Draper, who joined Ridge in 1969, is one of the world's most celebrated winemakers, with awards including Decanter Man of the Year (2000), COPIA Award for winemaking (2004) and the James Beard Award (2007). In 2015, a Decanter Magazine poll of his peers voted him in the top five most admired winemakers in the world.
RIDGE ESTATE CABERNET 2016
Saturated purple in color. Aromas of cassis, blueberry, cola, licorice, and sweet oak. Ripe blackberry fruit entry, full bodied, rich textures, exotic spice and toasted oak. Complex, long, sensuous finish.
RIDGE ESTATE CHARDONNAY 2017
Sun-bleached straw color. Pineapple, melon, honeysuckle, and citrus. Appealing fruit entry, refreshing acidity, with an elegant texture. Long, smooth finish
RIDGE GEYSERVILLE ZINFANDEL 2012
Ruby color. Pungent bramble fruit, wintergreen, licorice, sweet toasted oak. Rich black cherry fruit on entry. Elegant chalky tannins, gravel/rock, ginger root. Layered, sensuous finish.
RIDGE GEYSERVILLE ZINFANDELL 2017
Complex aromas of raspberries, blackberries and exotic spice. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, pure and succulent, with superb concentration, a lovely line of ripe acidity and a chalky, fine-grained finish.
RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS ZINFANDEL 2017
Medium ruby-purple, it opens with dried flowers, autumn leaves and cinnamon stick notions over a core of crushed red cherries, dried cranberries, apricot, underbrush, red currant and black cherries with a super spicy undercurrent. The palate is mediu
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2016
Opens with aromas of dark berry, black pepper, lilac, baked earth and toasty oak. The wood spice carries throughout the palate, decorating the savory black-olive, charred meat and leather flavors, which are framed by sandy, polished tannins.
RIDGE GEYERSERVILLE ZIFANDEL 2012
Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah, Mataro (Mourvèdre) and 1% Alicante Bouschet blend. Ruby color. Pungent bramble fruit, wintergreen, licorice, sweet toasted oak. Rich black cherry fruit on entry. Elegant chalky tannins, gravel/rock, ginger root
RIDGE ESTATE CABERNET 2016
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc blend. Saturated purple in color. Aromas of cassis, blueberry, cola, licorice, and sweet oak. Ripe blackberry fruit entry, full bodied, rich textures, exotic spice and toasted oak. Complex,
RIDGE ESTATE CHARDONNAY 2017
Sun-bleached straw color. Pineapple, melon, honeysuckle, and citrus. Appealing fruit entry, refreshing acidity, with an elegant texture. Long, smooth finish.
RIDGE GEYERSERVILLE ZIFANDEL 2017
Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Sirah and Alicante Bouschet blend. Saturated ruby in colour. Plum and black cherry fruit aromas, mint, and gravelly earth. Ripe bramble fruit on entry, balanced acidity, and elegant tannins. Long finish.
RIDGE LYTTON ESTATE PETIT SYRAH 2017
Deep dark purplish-black color, peppery, floral aromas. Full bodied with rich layered plum and fig fruit on the palate. Well coated tannins and a long minerally finish.
RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS ZIFANDEL 2017
Jammy raspberry fruit with pepper, mint and sweet toasted oak. Brambly fruit on the palate, sensuous, well-defined tannins and balanced acidity. 74% Zinfandel, 16% Petite Sirah, 8% Carignane, 2% Mataro (Mourvedre).
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2004
76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc. This wine is a saturated deep purple. Nose: Perfumed blackberry and currant fruit, sweet cassis, black licorice, vanilla bean, scented sandalwood spice, toasty oak, cola, clove,
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2005
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Nose: Clove, vanilla, all spice, tobacco, toasty oak, blackberry. Palate: Big, structured wine, sizeable tannins but well coated, minerally black fruit, cassis, firm, balanced ac
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2009
Deep ruby/purple; blackberry, red current, ripe cassis, cedar, crushed rock minerality, toasted oak; Full-body, rich tannin structure, dark berry fruit, firm acid, wet-stone, juniper, forest floor, cola, and lingering exotic oak spice finish.
RIDGE MONTE BELLO CABERNET 2016
Organically grown blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Opaque purple-ruby color. Ripe blackberry fruit, barrel spice, anise, violets, and crushed limestone. Opulent mountain fruit entry, firm acid, and fine-grain, ag
RIDGE VINYARDS GEYSERVILLE ZINFANDEL
Zinfandel, Petite Syrah, Alicante Bouschet, Carignan and Mataro blend. Dark ruby color. Aromas of ripe black cherries and plum, sweet oak, mint, and gravel earth. Rich bramble fruit entry, round and supple tannins, refreshing acidity, and layered c
RIDGE VINYARDS LYTTON SPRINGS ZINFANDEL
Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignane and Mataro (Mourvedre) blen. Nose of plum, blackberry and licorice. Plentiful raspberry fruit on entry with notes of pepper sage, well coated tannins and long layered finish.
RIDGE VINYARDS MONTE BELLO CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend. Opaque purple-ruby color. Ripe blackberry fruit, barrel spice, anise, violets, and crushed limestone. Opulent mountain fruit entry, firm acid, and fine-grain, age-worthy tannins. Powerful complexi
RIDGE VINYARDS PETITE SIRAH
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvigon, Merlot and Petit Verdot blend. Deep dark purplish-black color, peppery, floral aromas. Full bodied with rich layered plum and fig fruit on the palate. Well coated tannins and a long minerally finish.
