Ridge Monte Bello - 2008 (750ml) 100 this wine should continue to

this wine should continue to drink well for 15 or more years

Perhaps the wine is in an awkward stage

it is one of the great Pichon Lalandes of the last twenty years

Dark ruby/purple

Ridge Monte Bello - 2008 (750ml) 100 this wine should continue toThe 2008 Monte Bello is striking. It is a decidedly muscular Monte Bello endowed with layers of dark fruit. Tobacco, mint, asphalt and crushed rocks develop in the glass, adding tons of complexity and finesse. A long, saline finish rounds things out beautifully. In 2008 the cold growing season stretched into October and the wine definitely has the feel of a cool vintage. The spring frost and the second year of drought conditions lowered yields