Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Size:6x750ml This Estate Chardonnay displays an

This Estate Chardonnay displays an appealing roundness and more viscosity toward the finish

Fabien speaks of verticality

This is quite firmly if deceptively structured as the tannic spine is completely buffered by the abundant sap

This beauty comes from a single block of a mountain site located north of the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA

Pine Ridge, Fortis Cabernet Sauvignon Size:6x750ml This Estate Chardonnay displays anThe other 2013 offered in my tasting was the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortis, which is a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 3% Merlot. An absolutely spectacular offering from Pine Ridge and one of their all time great Cabernet Sauvignons, this prodigious blend has an inky purple color to the rim and a gorgeous nose of charcoal, asphalt, graphite, blueberry, blackberry and cassis, while not a trace of oak seems to make it through. The wine