{"product_id":"1989-ridge-cabernet-sauvignon-monte-bello-750ml","title":"1989 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello (750ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThere are perhaps a handful of California wines with a legitimate claim to world-class status measured in decades, not years. Monte Bello is one of them. Ridge Monte Bello cemented its place among California wine royalty when the 1971 vintage beat top Bordeaux châteaux at the now-famous 1976 Judgement of Paris— and it has never stopped delivering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Monte Bello vineyard sits at up to 850 meters above sea level in the Santa Cruz Mountains, planted on a rare combination of decomposing Franciscan greenstone and 100-million-year-old limestone — a soil type found almost nowhere else in California. The climate is as cool as Bordeaux but far drier in summer, producing Cabernet of relatively high acidity and taut structure that demands bottle age to fully reveal itself.\u003cspan class=\"inline-flex\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe 1989 was the first vintage in which Ridge used all new barrels in the aging process, finding a balance between oak and fruit earlier than usual. Petit Verdot was included at the final rack for spice and added weight — the result was described at release as elegant, approachable, and built to reward further cellaring.  Now at 35 years of age, it is drinking in the heart of its window, with the forest, chalk, mineral complexity and bright acidity that define great Monte Bello fully on display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMonte Bello is one of the most reliably outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon blends in the world — invariably structured around firm, chalky tannins, balanced by bright acids, intense and concentrated, and beautifully vibrant at maturity.  This is a once-in-a-cellar opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45783753064634,"sku":"103825","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/6836\/5498\/files\/89CMB1.jpg?v=1776352471","url":"https:\/\/bassins.com\/products\/1989-ridge-cabernet-sauvignon-monte-bello-750ml","provider":"MacArthur Beverages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}