Tasted by William Kelley(at tasting, California, 01 Jul 2016)
Part of Mature Californian wines from the cellar
91 – Ridge’s 2004 Monte Bello Chardonnay is a mature wine, revealing notes of baked apple, honey, candied lemon and toasted wheat. Full-bodied and rich on the palate, it has enough acidic cut to retain balance, and shows its best after a brief decant. Drinking Window 2016 – 2020