Winey’s number

Is Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello worth it?

What is it worth?

$650 to me

What should I pay?

  • $555? Buy it. I’d have paid six hundred fifty.
  • $650? That’s about right. I had it at six hundred fifty.
  • $815? Walk. It’s a six-hundred-fifty-dollar wine wearing an eight-hundred-fifteen-dollar tag.

What does it taste like?

This one’s mountain fruit gone quiet – cedar, graphite, dried currant, the tannins finally soft. Late, not gone.