2006 Ridge Monte Bello

[TheEngineer]

Classy wine!

Nose and palate of dark and red fruits, some coco, spices, and oak, Dense flavours but wears themlightly. Medium + bodied wine, very elegant. I could drink this all day long!

[Kcwhippet]

Have some 01 Monte Bello down in the cellar. May be about time to start cracking them.

[TheEngineer]

KC, as you would know, the 06 was incredibly young and had many years to go. Would love to hear your impressions of the 01!

[TheEngineer]

I had a ridge fan over for dinner so opened this one up.

Oh...what a stunning nose, full fo herbs, and bush and minerals and earth and then fruit and spices, ...with the mouth much the same but still tannic and structured, with a good acidic backbone.

This is a medium bodied, elegant but full on wine. Lovely stuff and still frankly a baby. Needed hours of decanting.