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🇺🇸 From Ridge Vineyards · Santa Cruz Mountains · California · United States

Ridge, Monte Bello Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains

White · Estate Chardonnay · first vintage on our lists 1990

Poured at 14 of the world's top restaurant lists in 8 countries, across 13 vintages from 1990 to 2022, with 16 realized lots at auction.

Where it's poured
14 rooms in 13 cities across 8 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
13 cities
The map · 5 US rooms in 5 cities

Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Ridge, Monte Bello Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains; dot size is the number of rooms.

The vintages
13 vintages on the world's lists, 1990 to 2022. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
Rooms · from price
19902000201020202022 · 1 room2021 · 1 room2020 · 4 rooms2019 · 3 rooms2018 · 1 room2017 · 1 room2016 · 1 room2013 · 2 rooms2012 · 1 room2011 · 1 room2002 · 1 room1994 · 1 room1990 · 1 room2020 · 4 rooms
20204 rooms pour it · from $212 on a listThe 4 rooms
At auction
16 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at sale-date rates.
The full record →
Feb 2022Dots are real salesJun 2026

The 2016, 10 sales. Dots are real sales.

$117
Median at auction, per 750ml
×2.4
$286
Median on a restaurant list
From the house
The rest of the Ridge Vineyards canon, and where the house stands.
Rooms pouring
Santa Cruz Mountains · California · United States87 wines in the canonranked 2 of 635 California producers by rooms pouring
More wines from Ridge Vineyards
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 16 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
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