11 bottles per lot
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Ridge Vineyards, Monte Bello--Vintage 1991
Santa Cruz
"Ridge has released two top-notch Cabernet Sauvignons that are completely different in style. In total contrast to the 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Santa Cruz Mountains, the 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello exhibits the classic austerity found in Bordeaux, with a reserved but highly complex bouquet of licorice, cassis, and lead pencil. It is a rich, almost measured wine in its restraint, but there is considerable intensity, and the wine offers outstanding extraction of flavor, full body, and gobs of tannin. Given the glacial pace at which most Monte Bellos evolve, this wine is not likely to be fully mature for another 10-15 years; it will last for 25-30 years." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #95 (Oct 1994)
11 bottles per lot
Santa Cruz
"Ridge has released two top-notch Cabernet Sauvignons that are completely different in style. In total contrast to the 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Santa Cruz Mountains, the 1991 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello exhibits the classic austerity found in Bordeaux, with a reserved but highly complex bouquet of licorice, cassis, and lead pencil. It is a rich, almost measured wine in its restraint, but there is considerable intensity, and the wine offers outstanding extraction of flavor, full body, and gobs of tannin. Given the glacial pace at which most Monte Bellos evolve, this wine is not likely to be fully mature for another 10-15 years; it will last for 25-30 years." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #95 (Oct 1994)
11 bottles per lot