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Ashes & Diamonds
Ashes & Diamonds Winery is a
love letter to Napa Valley as it
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS was when it took the world stage
in the 1960s, revealing itself,
One of the wine world’s best kept secrets, the Santa Cruz Mountains have long produced some of along with Santa Cruz, as a
the New World’s very finest wines. For decades, inspirational wines like Ridge Monte Bello and geological wonderland capable of
Mount Eden Chardonnay have thrilled serious wine enthusiasts. In addition, there have been many world-class wines. With a focus
on single vineyard wines from the
legendary Pinot Noirs from producers like Mount Eden, David Bruce and Santa Cruz Mountain cool southern AVAs of Napa, the
Vineyards. At their best, Santa Cruz Mountain wines offer all the key ingredients for truly fine wine wines of Ashes & Diamonds
– breathtaking balance, terrific concentration, uncommon minerality, thrilling complexity and Old harken back to wines of the 1960s.
World age worthiness. With approximately 600 acres planted to Pinot Noir in the entire appellation, Lower in alcohol and PH,
without sacrificing phenolic
Santa Cruz Mountain Pinots are also quite rare. ripeness; the wines are
particularly suited to being
enjoyed with food but are nimble
enough to be enjoyed on their
own. Winemakers Steve
Matthiasson and Diana Snowden
Ashes & Diamonds (Napa Valley) ashesdiamonds.com teamed up to create these
Ashes & Diamonds Bates Ranch Mountain Cuvée Nọ1 2016 $1019.90 remarkable wines. “We took risks
and accepted no concessions to
(65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Cabernet Franc) make the exact wines we’d like to
drink” Diana Snowden Seysses

Rhys
At Rhys Vineyards they aspire to
make great Pinot Noir,
Chardonnay and Syrah from some
of California’s most unique and
Rhys Vineyards (Santa Cruz) rhysvineyards.com expressive vineyards. This pursuit
Rhys Pinot Noir San Mateo County 2013 $396.00 92 WA, 91 VN has lead them to search the state
for exciting rocky soils that exist
Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard 2013 $1020.00 94 VN, 94 WA, 92 BH within the mountainous, cool,
Coastal climate zone. Over the
last 15 years they have developed
seven estate vineyards, six in the
Santa Cruz Mountains and one in
Anderson Valley, each of which is
capable of producing uniquely
compelling, distinctive, soil driven
wine.

Ridge Vineyards (Santa Cruz) ridgewine.com Ridge
(also see, Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley & Sonoma Valley) Ridge’s origins in Santa Cruz go
back to the 1885s. The Santa
Ridge Chardonnay Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2017 $479.88 92 WS Cruz Monte Bello Vineyard began
thriving in the 1940s shortly after
Ridge Chardonnay Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2018 $479.88 prohibitions end. Paul Drapper
Ridge Chardonnay Monte Bello Vyd. Santa Cruz Mountains 2013 $647.93 95 VM, 94 WA joined the Ridge team in 1969 and
the style has remained consistent
Ridge Chardonnay Monte Bello Vyd. Santa Cruz Mountains 2014 $667.93 95 WA, 94 WS for 60+ years never chasing
trends or scores. In 1991 the
Ridge Merlot Estate Monte Bello Vyd. Santa Cruz Mountains 2014 $479.93 92VN Lytton Springs Estate was added
to compliment the line up. While
Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains 2016 $563.93 94 VIN, 93 WA Ridge had been making OVZ since
Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains 2017 $563.93 the 1960s this gave them
ownership over the vineyards and
Ridge Monte Bello Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2007 (3pk) $810.00 95 WA, 94 WS allowed them to build a second
Ridge Monte Bello Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2008 (3pk) $780.00 97+ VN, 96 WA winery in Sonoma County. With
over 300+ acres certified organic
Ridge Monte Bello Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2015(3pk) $545.00 100 JS, 98+ VN the old vine Zin, Carigane and
Ride Monte Bello Estate Santa Cruz Mountains 2016 (3pk) $545.00 98+ WA, 98 VN other varietals should continue to
thrive for many years to come.
(Please inquire about .375ml and 1.5L availability)

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