Above 23 bottles per lot
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LIBRARY LOTS OF HISTORIC RIDGE
"Ridge began in 1959, when a trio of Stanford Research Institute engineers headed by Dave Bennion bought an abandoned winery and the Monte Bello vineyard, situated high atop the steep Santa Cruz Mountains, above Cupertino. Bennion and his colleagues began tending the vines on weekends, and started making small lots of wine from the Monte Bello vineyard, while also seeking out old Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and other Italian field blend varietals...Ridge developed its own style of big, ripe and often tannic wines which quickly won a devout following. By the mid-1960s, the winery was producing a Monte Bello Cabernet along with as many as six or seven other red wines, most of them Zinfandels. It soon became apparent that running a winery required more than weekend management, and in 1969, Ridge hired the talented Paul Draper as winemaker, putting him in charge of shaping the wine styles, which he has done admirably." Wine Spectator's California Wine, Second Edition, 1999
Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Cruz
--Vintage 1963
Level: top shoulder (1)
--Vintage 1964
Level: top shoulder; slightly bin soiled label (1)
--Vintage 1967
Level: bottom neck(1)
--Vintage 1969(1)
--Vintage 1970
Level: upper shoulder; bin soiled and slightly torn label(1)
--Vintage 1972(1)
--Vintage 1973(1)
--Vintage 1974
Lightly bin soiled (1)
--Vintage 1975(1)
--Vintage 1976
Level: upper shoulder; slightly torn label(1)
--Vintage 1977(1)
--Vintage 1978(1)
--Vintage 1980(1)
--Vintage 1981(1)
--Vintage 1982(1)
--Vintage 1984
Slightly nicked label(1)
--Vintage 1985(1)
--Vintage 1986
Lightly bin soiled label(1)
--Vintage 1987(1)
--Vintage 1988(1)
--Vintage 1989(1)
--Vintage 1990(1)
--Vintage 1991(1)
All levels into neck unless otherwise noted
Above 23 bottles per lot
"Ridge began in 1959, when a trio of Stanford Research Institute engineers headed by Dave Bennion bought an abandoned winery and the Monte Bello vineyard, situated high atop the steep Santa Cruz Mountains, above Cupertino. Bennion and his colleagues began tending the vines on weekends, and started making small lots of wine from the Monte Bello vineyard, while also seeking out old Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and other Italian field blend varietals...Ridge developed its own style of big, ripe and often tannic wines which quickly won a devout following. By the mid-1960s, the winery was producing a Monte Bello Cabernet along with as many as six or seven other red wines, most of them Zinfandels. It soon became apparent that running a winery required more than weekend management, and in 1969, Ridge hired the talented Paul Draper as winemaker, putting him in charge of shaping the wine styles, which he has done admirably." Wine Spectator's California Wine, Second Edition, 1999
Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon
Santa Cruz
--Vintage 1963
Level: top shoulder (1)
--Vintage 1964
Level: top shoulder; slightly bin soiled label (1)
--Vintage 1967
Level: bottom neck(1)
--Vintage 1969(1)
--Vintage 1970
Level: upper shoulder; bin soiled and slightly torn label(1)
--Vintage 1972(1)
--Vintage 1973(1)
--Vintage 1974
Lightly bin soiled (1)
--Vintage 1975(1)
--Vintage 1976
Level: upper shoulder; slightly torn label(1)
--Vintage 1977(1)
--Vintage 1978(1)
--Vintage 1980(1)
--Vintage 1981(1)
--Vintage 1982(1)
--Vintage 1984
Slightly nicked label(1)
--Vintage 1985(1)
--Vintage 1986
Lightly bin soiled label(1)
--Vintage 1987(1)
--Vintage 1988(1)
--Vintage 1989(1)
--Vintage 1990(1)
--Vintage 1991(1)
All levels into neck unless otherwise noted
Above 23 bottles per lot