Ridge MonteBello 1999

Drank for OTBN at Catavino.net headquarters! Thanks Bill!
1999 Ridge Monte Bello - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (2/24/2007)Deep black current nose with overtones of chocolate and coffee. This puppy needs a bit of air. In the mouth right away fine but very firm tannins with a medium acidity. After a couple of hours this wines nose remained dark fruit filled and intriguing. Black-raspberry jam, black cherries, and strong notes of cassias. Tannins never really left this wine and continued to provide a nice firm structure to hang the fruit on. Great roundness in the mouth and finish which lasted for a good minute afterwards, went a long ways to making the bottle last. Real treat. 4/5