Ridge Monte Bello 2020 Marqués de Rial Frank Gehry Limited Edition 2012 caramelised peaches and Seville orange

caramelised peaches and Seville orange

cigar box and iron ore over a core of crushed blackberries and black cherries with intermittent wafts of black and red currants

rose oil and cardamom with wafts of underbrush and iron ore

drinking well now and over the next few years

Ridge Monte Bello 2020 Marqués de Rial Frank Gehry Limited Edition 2012 caramelised peaches and Seville orangeIn 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)