Chris England

9.4

At £140-£180 this is a decadent treat that is drinking fabulously but will benefit from more ageing in 10-20 years 😉 At 13.5% ABV it’s not over powered like many 🇺🇸 wines but it feels over priced for what it is to me 😁

📍 Ridge Monte Bello 2009

🏵 94-95 points w/ bigger potential

🍇 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot & 6% Petit Verdot

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 Earthy mocha choc infused blackcurrant w/ warm oak, mint, dry cured meats, dark cherry, pencil shavings, black olive & raspberry liquorice

👄 Med body of dark berries infused with mocha & liquorice w/ dry cracked rock minerals & dark cherry

🎯 Long earthy rich mocha dark fruit boom with a dry linger — 8 years ago

Noah Hyte

8.9

Big flower and lavender on the nose, medium body W/ light tannins. Great w/ amantricana and gineua. — 9 years ago

Eric

9.3

Pretty rockin nose of cinnamon, dirt, bramble, oak and spice. Big fruit and spice on the palate with a pinch of tannin left. Still has a few years left, but thinking this is the apex. First time Bello and its a winner in my view. — 10 years ago

Kevin O'Connor

9.4

I bow down at Mr. Drapers feet! — 11 years ago

Rob De La Rosa

9.5

Lasagna Day 2015, this was the dinner bottle. — 11 years ago

John DeCarlis

9.3

Cola, black raspberry and some toasty oak. Dark violet color with soft tannins. — 11 years ago

Rebecca Hopkins

PR Folio Fine Wine Partners

9.1

Super talcy mineral like licking a wet chalk piece. Lightweight palate and saline linear acidity. Excellent, clean expression of Greco. — 12 years ago

John O'Hara

10

Just delicious... — 12 years ago

with Jason

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.7

Our K&L Redwood City staff party at LB steak was fantastic- nothing smaller than magnum allowed! This double mag has been in our cellar since release and has hardly moved at all! Big, powerful, Mountain fruit! — 12 years ago

Pietro Amirkhanian

9.5

This is a special wine to be enjoyed with soft creamy cheeses. The 2004 is it’s best expression. Loved it. — 8 years ago

sasha

8.9

trapizzino. moderate fruit, medium body, v little tannins at finish, violets — 9 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.6

Tried the '90 recently, spoke of how amazing a producer of Californian Cabernet it is, but just needed a little more time, this '85 is well & truly on point, everything is in balance, there's fruit intensity yes, but the development/complexity/layers are really shining through, outstanding stuff. — 10 years ago

Renato Hoyle

9.2

Great acid, not huge, will develop well over time — 10 years ago

Jeffrey Hunnicutt

9.0

Interesting wine that had a lot of meaty and leathery notes after 10 years. — 10 years ago

with Sarah

Julia Shteynberg

10

With Dima at sienna tavern. Delic!!
— 11 years ago

Mike

9.1

Quirky but nice — 11 years ago

Michael Rone

Sommelier Carnevino

9.6

Young. And delicious! — 12 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.5

1997 vintage. Thanks Jay. Great bottle. Amazing complexity. — 12 years ago

Francoise Gouges

9.5

So complex and delicious, yummmm — 12 years ago

Robert McNally

10

As perfect as everyone says it is — 8 years ago

Katy Pine

9.2

Christmas wine—ditto on the reviews — 9 years ago

Jordan Yu

9.1

Big for a merlot, very typical Ridge style — 9 years ago

Jeff Vejr

9.4

Cellared well. Tasting legendary. — 10 years ago

GM

9.3

This did not suck! — 10 years ago

Rick K

9.3

Powerful, aromatically beautiful. Oak nicely integrated. Really nice singular California Merlot. — 11 years ago

Michael Washabaugh

9.1

Paired well with a lamb, eggplant purée, fava beans, piquolo pepper. Would also pair with a medium rare magret duck or other game. — 11 years ago

Joe Hernandez

8.9

It's a little young still but is very soft and supple. It's luscious on the palate with a smooth finish. — 11 years ago

K U

9.7

Very sweet very light alcohol. Solid moscato. Best for price by far! — 12 years ago

Scott e

9.1

Love ridge. Great producer over 6 decades. Showed we'll finish a bit short. Otherwise great — 12 years ago

Reza Malekzadeh

9.6

Awesome local Cab! — 13 years ago