Ridge Monte Bello 2010 Aged White and white-fleshed fruits

and white-fleshed fruits

especially black cherry

Elegant and round in the palate with a long afterstate that brings back floral and fruity memories

this is a typically elegant Warre's

34% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Franc

Ridge Monte Bello 2010 Aged White and white-fleshed fruitsThe Monte Bello vineyard, located only 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean, is part of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, Californias coolest cabernet producing area. Monte Bello has often been called Americas First Growth, as it is the finest domestic example of a classic Bordeaux blend in which cabernet sauvignon predominates. Intense briary mountain fruit, firm acid, black tea, chalky tannin, with mineral wet rock in a long finish. "The 2010 growing season