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LOT 613

Lot 613

RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1988 (1)
RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1991 (1) WA 96

RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1988 (1) RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1991 (1) WA 96
Lot 613 Details
RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1988 (1)

Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
u. vts. soiled label. scraped & loose capsule.

RIDGE MONTE BELLO 1991 (1)

Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
u. vts. scraped label & capsule.

Saturated ruby-black in hue, the 1991 Monte Bello is still a young wine, only entering its youthful plateau of maturity. Offering up a decadently jammy bouquet of ripe blackberries, crème de cassis, acacia flowers and creamy American oak, the wine is expansive and full-bodied on the palate, simultaneously open-knit but densely concentrated, with a decidedly voluptuous, textural profile. Supple and comparatively low in acidity and tannin (a perception Baugher tells me is confirmed by chemical analysis), this is a Monte Bello characterized more by exuberant generosity and drama than complexity. May 2018 Drink to 2036 WA 96

2 bts.    per lot $900 - $1,100

Realised: $864
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

 
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