Ridge Vineyards

Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Chardonnay

9.216 ratings
9.22 pro ratings
Santa Cruz Mountains, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
Chardonnay
Top Notes For
Matt Sterr

White Burgundy quality from California. At a fraction of the cost.

White Burgundy quality from California. At a fraction of the cost.

Apr 5th, 2019
Renato Hoyle

Just enough richness with balanced acidity

Just enough richness with balanced acidity

Mar 30th, 2019
Pooneet K

Took me a while to decide if I liked this or not. Still not sure really. At times this feels like a great California expression of good white burgundy - puligny perhaps - from a producer we obviously respect. But at other times the buttery lanolin notes are too much for me, and overall the acid was one notch less than I was hoping. Still a nice wine.

Took me a while to decide if I liked this or not. Still not sure really. At times this feels like a great California expression of good white burgundy - puligny perhaps - from a producer we obviously respect. But at other times the buttery lanolin notes are too much for me, and overall the acid was one notch less than I was hoping. Still a nice wine.

May 14th, 2023
KD
9.2

Deep gold with apple, pear, honey, pineapple with some oak and smoke on the nose. Medium to full body with a fresh acidity that is balanced by the subtle tannins. Buttery but not overly so with apple, poached pear, peaches in cream, kiwi and pineapple with some notes earthy oakiness. Peaches linger in the hot medium long finish.
Paired with southwestern grilled tuna, which worked great!

Deep gold with apple, pear, honey, pineapple with some oak and smoke on the nose. Medium to full body with a fresh acidity that is balanced by the subtle tannins. Buttery but not overly so with apple, poached pear, peaches in cream, kiwi and pineapple with some notes earthy oakiness. Peaches linger in the hot medium long finish.
Paired with southwestern grilled tuna, which worked great!

Jan 23rd, 2022
Joe DAscoli

Delicious.

Delicious.

Aug 4th, 2020
Micki Sever

Always a winner. It was great paired with a roasted jumbo prawns orzo dish & watermelon salad.

Always a winner. It was great paired with a roasted jumbo prawns orzo dish & watermelon salad.

Aug 3rd, 2019
Lance Williams

Tasted at March 2019 Montebello Collector event

Tasted at March 2019 Montebello Collector event

Mar 10th, 2019
Daniel Steilen

Not my jam.

Not my jam.

Mar 14th, 2020
Angel Rivera

Angel had this 2 years ago

Angel had this 2 years ago

Dec 24th, 2022
Brian Grech

Brian had this 3 years ago

Brian had this 3 years ago

Sep 12th, 2022