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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 55 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by affordableCollector on 8/9/2023 & rated 90 points: dark ruby, garnet rim, in color. raspberry, cranberry, blackberry, turned earth, wet forest floor, iron, spice, pepper, clove, cedar. cranberry juice, blackberry, wet earth, on the finish. (360 views) | | | Tasted by chicsucre on 5/21/2023: Dark ruby, even has some purple hue on the rim, 98% opaque
Intoxicating ridge zin nose, starts with ink, longan fruit, sweetest batch blackberries, wet brambles
On the palate, fully energetic, blackberries
Great structure, at peak now
Med++ finish (417 views) | | | Tasted by affordableCollector on 6/13/2022 & rated 91 points: rich, ruby, in color. raspberry, cranberry, blackberry, black cherry, garrigue, wet earth, pepper, spice, iron. sweet spices, plum, warm earth, on the finish. (1024 views) | | | Tasted by Keelaay on 11/21/2021 & rated 90 points: Still hanging in there - and more so than some of it’s brothers with longer life expectancy (eg Paso). Drink now or hold your peace! (1145 views) | | | Tasted by Fractalage on 12/15/2020: Rich, unctuous, big mullberry and ripe elderberry, that as it opens has great texture and core of minerals and fungus that get over played by the fruit. Given time, this might show a bit more, but that might defeat the purpose.
Drink now.
I don't like its sweetness, but it's quality and paired well with spicey guacamole with fermented habenero salsa. Couldn't think of anything else that would go well with such non-wine food. But this worked.
1.6% water additions?
Late harvest at 11 Oct from 85 year old vines. Wow, for such a hot year. (1492 views) | | | Tasted by Peianzhu on 5/8/2020 & rated 90 points: Like a slightly flat tire. But still good to ride. (1345 views) | | | Tasted by peruvianprince on 3/23/2020 & rated 90 points: Balanced. Smooth. Well integrated (1301 views) | | | Tasted by timewithwine on 9/15/2019: If all the Ponzo bottlings from Ridge tasted as good as the ‘13, I would be a very happy Ponzo drinker. This vintage of Ridge Ponzo consistently performs with every bottle. Ox blood at its core with red raspberry at the rim. As I’ve noted previously, “Draper perfume, plum, Dr. Pepper, spicy Zin funk and pepper.” Beautiful on the nose and palate with a finish of Zin funk and coffee. A very complete pour. A blend of 93% Zinfandel, 7% Petite Sirah . 14.8% alc. With pork ribs from Mill Street Grill. The wine was good; sorta over Mill Street Grill. Recommended. (566 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 9/12/2019 & rated 91 points: Chocolate, black zin fruit and blueberry notes. Mixed red and black fruit on the palate with hints of peppery spice and bramble on the finish. (1307 views) | | | Tasted by MikeLovesRed on 3/19/2019 & rated 86 points: Wine took around an hour to decant an open fully. Light fruity notes and a round mouth feel. A pleasant wine alone or with mildly flavored foods.
Wonderful and bright bouquet, and a dark ruby color made this a fun wine to share with friends.
Drink soon. It’s over the hill now and is ready to be enjoyed. (1438 views) | | | Tasted by JM_IS on 2/26/2019 & rated 90 points: Drink now—2019. Low tannin, low sugar with some nice flavor that wasn’t there 2 years back. Neither dry nor sweet. I think the P.Sirah is showing a bit. Generic, non-berry fruit coming through taste, with sugar on nose. Maybe licorice or anise? Raw mild tobacco? No mineral or earth, but some mature plants. (1171 views) | | | Tasted by thelostverse on 2/24/2019 & rated 90 points: General impression only. I thought this was drinking well and paired nicely with a grilled rib-eye. (1087 views) | | | Tasted by bjschmitt on 1/6/2019 & rated 86 points: Served with pork tenderloin and orzo stuffing, with salad.
Look: medium garnet (perhaps fading a bit over the last 16 months).
Smell: mild raspberry, perhaps plum, somewhat muted.
Taste: acid remains, fruit flavor is dim and mixed, with somewhat acerbic finish. After 2 hours things calmed down a bit.
It seems this bottle at least has faded over the bottle we tasted 16 months ago. (1156 views) | | | Tasted by timewithwine on 11/18/2018: Sixteen months ago when tasting this wine, I noted, “Cherry red at the rim; ox blood at the core; and translucent throughout; rather stunning in the glass. The bouquet is all about Draper perfume, plum, Dr. Pepper, spicy Zin fun and pepper. The nose is big; the biggest I can recall of any Ponzo Zin. The bouquet translates completely on the palate with loads of perfume, ripe plum and all the spiciness of Dr. Pepper, funk and pepper filling the mouth. Black cherry joins the fray. It all culminates in a finish of coffee.” While the wine may have smoothed out a bit since then, it still speaks the same zippy language. This is one of the few Ponzo’s that performs up to the name of Ridge. A blend of 93% Zinfandel, 7% Petite Sirah . 14.8% alc. With Pierce’s pork BBQ. Recommended. (433 views) | | | Tasted by wine-enthusiast on 11/17/2018 & rated 85 points: This wine was dark and no garnet on the rim. The nose was muted as was the palate. Herbal nose with varnish notes. Medium light not the briary notes i was looking for. In retrospect, Ridge zins have this big history but i found this wanting more. (1115 views) | | | Tasted by CJM on 2/15/2018 & rated 87 points: Clear garnet with rim browning. Rubber, red cherry, vanilla. Low acids, medium tannins. Cinnamon. Short balanced finish. (1593 views) | | | Tasted by jeffal66 on 1/29/2018 & rated 89 points: Biggish black/blue fruit with curiously green features...meaning someone slipped a veggie into the pie (or jam). So that's interesting. Blood, cocoa, cherry notes, too. Kind of a curiosity, which isn't meant as a knock, just an observation. Avoids the massive, obvious Zin trap, and for that I can tip the hat. (1804 views) | | | Tasted by EMichels on 1/8/2018 & rated 88 points: (Old note - tasting date not accurate) Great nose; Fresh; Strong berry; A bit of dust on finish (1499 views) | | | Tasted by bjschmitt on 8/12/2017 & rated 88 points: Served with Spaghetti with fresh tomato/garlic sauce.
Reasonably dark crimson, good consistency to rim.
Blackberry/raspberry nose.
Palate was dark fruit consistent with nose, nice acid, indistinct tannin.
Decent finish.
Went well with dinner. Drink now - probably best with food. Give it some time to open up. (2105 views) | | | Tasted by rieslinghoarder on 7/26/2017 & rated 90 points: Not even 6 months later and opening another bottle. Lucious blackberries and bramble on the nose. Some pencil shaving qualities as well. Juicy and slightly heavy on the alcohol, silky tannins. (2096 views) | | | Tasted by timewithwine on 7/5/2017: Cherry red at the rim; ox blood at the core; and translucent throughout; rather stunning in the glass. The bouquet is all about Draper perfume, plum, Dr. Pepper, spicy Zin fun and pepper. The nose is big; the biggest I can recall of any Ponzo Zin. The bouquet translates completely on the palate with loads of perfume, ripe plum and all the spiciness of Dr. Pepper, funk and pepper filling the mouth. Black cherry joins the fray. It all culminates in a finish of coffee. A blend of 93% Zinfandel, 7% Petite Sirah . 14.8% alc. With homemade pork BBQ. Recommended. (433 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 5/14/2017: Big fruited in a forward sense yet that fruit is already showing some recession. This seems like the fruit is backing off where it might have been out of the chute when you get that fleshy fun. This lacks that fleshiness already. It also lacks some acidity. There is a bit of tannin and a wee bit 'o heat but nothing you wouldn't expect. I'm betting this was best closer to release given the shape of the fruit which seems to be advancing already. Given that I wouldn't hope for much improvement. There is certainly a chance this could give a few years of more lean, elegant goodness but I was wishing I had tried it a couple years ago. A good wine but wanting. Drink now. (1901 views) | | | Tasted by drivingrain on 4/16/2017 & rated 91 points: With charcoal rotisserie leg of lamb. Juicy. Cherry licorice with spice. Recommended. (1780 views) | | | Tasted by rieslinghoarder on 2/25/2017 & rated 90 points: Medium body, red fruit dominates with touch of heat from the alcohol. Nice long finish. (2141 views) | | | Tasted by yonster24 on 12/11/2016: Definitely drank waaay too young. I like most of my Ridge's with a bit of age on them but it sounded good tonight so I pulled this. Slightly riper than normal but. It overdone. Bramble, a little black pepper, dark red fruit. Slightly sweet on the palate and smooth but a little disjointed in a sense that you could tell this needs time to really shine. Solid grip and acidity on the back-end. This will be better in 5-7 years once it's settled in. (1944 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Ridge Producer website | Wikipedia
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m) on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA near Cupertino, California. The other Ridge winery facilities are at Lytton Springs in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County.Zinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelPonzo Vineyard(Ridge Fall 2012 Wine Club notes)
Bob Ponzo has farmed these grapes for us in the Russian River Valley since 1999. Bob's vineyard, on deep, gravely loam soils four and a half miles south of Lytton Springs provides all the fruit for our Ponzo Zinfandel. The Russian River Valley's cooler microclimate ripens the grapes shortly after Lytton Springs and Geyserville. Small amounts of petite sirah are interplanted with zinfandel in the oldest block.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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