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The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine to focus on in this range in 2018. Dark and brooding, the 2018 is such a...
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The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a prime example of the transparency provided by this vintage throughout...
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Domaine Eden Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
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The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is fabulous. A rush of floral and spice notes leads into a core of racy purplish fruit....
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#52 in Top 100, 2022. A brilliant, youthful, unevolved wine that will give Ridge's Monte Bello a run for its money,...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 2017
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Ridge’s 2017 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a fabulous choice for readers who want a Monte Bello fix now, without...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2001
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Expansive black-fruit aromas, plus some mulberry and bitter chocolate, make this mature Californian red hard to...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2003
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This has a wonderful balance of full, silky tannins and creamy ripeness, but with a degree of delicacy that...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2008
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The 2008 Monte Bello is in a gorgeous spot right now, as the aromatics are just starting to show the complex nuances...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2009
750ml - Case of 6
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$289.94
The 2009 Monte Bello ,72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 6% Petit Verdot is simply magnificent. Layers of dark...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2010
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A highlight of the tasting, with rocking energy, dense black currant and black berry fruit and loads of singed wood...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2012
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The 2012 Monte Bello is one of the most harmonious young Monte Bellos I can remember tasting. Seamless and voluptuous...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2013
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$394.95
A Monte Bello for the ages, the 2013's brooding bouquet unfolds to reveal notes of black raspberry, juicy...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$288.91
Stunning depth, power, purity and elegance. The blackcurrants and plums are fresh and intense on the nose with...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2017
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Pure perfection, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello is a sensational effort from this estate that should be...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2017
750ml - Case of 6
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Pure perfection, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello is a sensational effort from this estate that should be...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2018
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A bright and beautiful Monte Bello with dark and black fruit, such as blackcurrants, as well as walnuts and hints of...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2018
750ml - Case of 6
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$209.17
A bright and beautiful Monte Bello with dark and black fruit, such as blackcurrants, as well as walnuts and hints of...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2019
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$613.45
#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
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Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello 2019
375ml - Case of 12
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#45 Wine of the World 2022. This is a very powerful Monte Bello with currants and blackberry, black licorice and...
Cabernet Sauvignon Cognac Gamay United States California Santa Cruz County
For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.
Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.
Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.