Red · Santa Cruz Mountains · United States
Ashes & Diamonds Bates Ranch Mountain Cuvée
Scored from 80 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · United States (1,156 wines).
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Is Bates Ranch Mountain Cuvée a good wine?
Tasting profile
A bold, well-balanced red with firm tannins, bright acidity, and oaky minerality, showing dark fruit like blackberry and blueberry alongside earthy notes of mushroom, smoke, and leather. Smooth and velvety on the finish without being heavy or sweet.
Synthesized from 80Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“Without exaggeration, the best red wine I’ve had so far. Very well balanced. Bold with strong fruit but not sweet. Notes of blueberry, smoke, black fruit, and leather. Pure velvet.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
From Santa Cruz Mountains in the United States, Ashes & Diamonds Bates Ranch Mountain Cuvée is a red.
The cohort it is ranked inside holds 1,156 American reds. 80 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 80 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track.
- Cohort
- Red · United States · 1,156 wines
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