Ridge Vineyards - Estate Chardonnay 2018 (750ml)

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Price: $64.99

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Producer	Ridge Vineyards
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Central Coast
Varietal	Chardonnay
Vintage	2018
Sku	21739
Size	750ml

Pale sun-bleached straw color. Ripe apple and yellow plum fruit aromas, citrus blossom, and sweet baked dessert. Sensuous entry, showing appealing mountain fruit, elegance, balanced acidity, and a beautiful mineral aftertaste.

Jeb Dunnuck: 95 Points

The white that will be sold from October or November 2019, the 2011 Viña Gravonia Blanco comes from a warmer Coming all from the estate Monte Bello Vineyard, the 2018 Chardonnay Estate offers a medium gold hue as well rocking notes of caramelized apples, white flowers, honeysuckle, and crushed rocks. These all carry to a medium-bodied Chardonnay with bright acidity, a focused, chiseled texture, terrific minerality, and just a kiss of background oak. It's going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and have two decades of longevity, if not longer.

Wine Advocate: 94 Points

The Wine Advocate: 94 Points “The 2018 Chardonnay Estate Monte Bello Vineyard is a powerhouse on the nose, bursting with baked apples, salted almonds, beeswax, hay and loads of spicy accents. The palate is both silky and pure, concentrated and refreshing, finishing very long with loads of lift and flavor.” -Erin Brooks (February 2021)

Vinous: 94 Points

Vinous Media: 94 Points “The 2018 Chardonnay is classy, translucent and so vivid. Apricot, tangerine oil and light tropical overtones open up first, but the 2018 only starts to show all it has to offer with some aeration. The layers start to fill out, and yet the 2018 never loses its sense of transparency and overall detail. A real sense of phenolic weight gives the wine its distinctive mountain feel.” -Antonio Galloni (September 2020)