Ridge
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Monte Bello
Cabernet Sauvignon
2000
$120.99
13.4%
Visually clean, scarlet infused purple core, easily opaque, crazy bright surface, some yellow-orange in the red rims. The nose can’t muster much life in the oak derived caramel, vanilla, butterscotch in support of the raspberry, cherry, blackberry fruit, more aid from the fluffy wildflowers, pine tree breeze, very curious for how little is going on here. Medium-bodied, has a dry, tacky mouth feel. Dried oil, stone, white citrus peel, kind of tannic but yet not. Allows some mint, orange marmalade, licorice through to pair with the gritty cherry, blackberry fruit. Smoky, sometimes salty. Consumed over two hours so had time to open. Much more interesting than enjoyable, not sure how to sum it up. 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
88 points