Ridge Monte Bello 2020 Marqués de Rial Frank Gehry Limited Edition 2012 pencil shavings and toasty oak

pencil shavings and toasty oak

This is so tannic and powerful with incredible structure

A very palatefriendly wine

spices and herbs

rose oil and cardamom with wafts of underbrush and iron ore

Ridge Monte Bello 2020 Marqués de Rial Frank Gehry Limited Edition 2012 pencil shavings and toasty oakIn 1886, high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the first Monte Bello vineyards were planted, and winery construction begun. A first vintage from the young vines followed in 1892. During Prohibition (1920 1933), the vineyard was not fully maintained; some vines survived into the late 30s, but by the 1940s they were effectively abandoned. Eight acres of cabernet sauvignon were replanted in 1949. These were the source of the first Ridge Monte Bello (1962)