Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2022 Rabaja Another stunner from the Swartland

Another stunner from the Swartland

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

rated as one of the best vineyards in Fleurie

He employs whole bunch fermentation – not the norm - and even bottles his wines in Burgundy style bottles

showing very pure citrus fruits with good energy

Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2022 Rabaja Another stunner from the SwartlandIn 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