Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2022 Rabaja showing very pure citrus fruits

showing very pure citrus fruits with good energy

rated as one of the best vineyards in Fleurie

They have been making wines in line with local traditions for many years

This reduced fruit set in all varietals especially Zinfandel

owner and winemaker

Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2022 Rabaja showing very pure citrus fruitsIn 1886 the first blocks of the Monte Bello vineyard were planted and construction on the winery begun. The first vintage was the 1892. In the early 1940s, the last of the old vineyard was abandoned; in the late forties a few blocks were replanted. Those cabernet vinesnow over sixty five years oldproduced the first Ridge Monte Bello (1962) and subsequent vintages until 1974. By then other abandoned blocks had been replanted and their fruit considered