pkouchu
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2020 Ridge Monte Bello
4/18/2024 - pkouchu wrote: flawed
For those still doubtful of smoke taint, wine advocate just published their review, they sent the wine to a lab and it came back 4x over the threshold. It’s smoke tainted to hell.
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2020 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
12/24/2023 - pkouchu wrote: flawed
Heavy oak and dark fruits but it doesn’t mask the campfire flavor on the back palate. For sure smoke tainted, pretty bad too. Disappointing
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2020 Ridge Monte Bello
11/20/2023 - pkouchu Does not like this wine: flawed
opened and decanted for 6 hours, took another 5 hours for consumption at a dinner party. some people could taste the smoke taint (ashy/gritty tannin mouthfeel) while others couldn't. I could faintly taste it (i've tasted through fire vintages at work), but nothing smoky on the nose. Found the wine to be very flat (almost like flat soda), zero intensity or layers, nothing of character. Short finish, bitter tannins, overall terrible wine.
Curious now if there is bottle variation because half of us here on cellartracker say its good and the other half think this is a wine that shouldve never been released.
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