We had the usual Christmas fayre yesterday, turkey, spuds, veg, stuffing etc. but the highlight for me was this little beauty from California. Ridge produce many different wines but this one is made from the more accessible vines on their premium estate called "Monte Bello" up in the hills above Silicon Valley. The other wine they make from there has the same name as the mountain and is really expensive however this "companion wine" expresses all of the same character as the top wine but at a less eye watering price, it's lovely. Blackcurrant and licorice, coffee and tobacco wonderfully tannic for its age a wonderfully elegant wine.
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