Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 750ML

Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 750ML

Cabernet Sauvignon from Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Notes from the Winemaker

The 2018 Ridge ‘Estate’ Cabernet is taken from the famed Monte Bello vineyard this wine shows beautifully with gorgeous notes of cassis, crushed violets, and graphite. This is focused and really deserves some time in the glass to show its true potential. If you are a fan of Bordeaux this is a must try.

Saturated purple color with notes of black cherry, chai spice, chaparral, and toasted oak. Bramble fruit on the palate with round, supple tannins, herbal forest character, and a long finish.

Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot

Reviews and Accolades

94 Points/James Suckling
A beautiful, fresh red with blackberry, blueberry and some chocolate. Pine, light toffee and coffee undertones. Dried herbs, too. Medium to full body with intensity and richness. Dusty tannins. Savory finish. Very drinkable now, but even better in 2023.

92 Points/Wine & Spirits
A selection of the lots from Monte Bello that are more accessible as young wines, Ridge’s Estate Cabernet has supple black tannins in 2018, showing some earthy detail in their blueberry-skin flavors. There’s rich fatness to the texture, even as the tannins restrict the fruit from showing itself completely. This will need a few years in the cellar to open.