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| Drinking window: Drink between 1999 and 2004 (based on 260 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 11/25/2011: Finally a bit past it. Concentrated and rich lemon zest with lanolin, biscuit and waxiness but a touch of sourness. (2309 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 8/14/2011: Golden colour. Rich, honey nose with lanolin and a bit of pastry. Similar palette with a touch of barley sugar. A bit of acidity and good length. Beautiful. (2208 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 3/19/2011: Crumbling cork. Deep golden / amber colour. Rich, honey and toffee nose. Similar on palette - rich, caramel, toffee, nutty with oxidisation. Lovely. (2264 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 2/14/2010: Medium dark golden colour. Honey and slight sweetness on nose. Rich and viscous in mouth with mature oak. Waxy feel. Slight citrus zest. Tertiary notes coming through. Very nice. (2433 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 8/12/2009 & rated 93 points: California Syrah Tasting Dinner (Bistro 24, San Francisco, California): Light medium golden color; nice butter, vanilla nose; lovely, sweet butter, ripe lemon, poised palate; medium-plus finish (group's WOTF) (1413 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/12/2009 & rated 88 points: Easter Winetasting Dinner at Ginny's (Chez Ginny, San Carlos, California): Dark golden yellow color; lanolin, butter and mineral nose; butter, ripe lemon, mango and mineral palate; medium finish 88+ pts. (1214 views) | | | Tasted by yhn on 4/12/2009 & rated 94 points: Nose - warm, ethereal, with nutmeg, lemon torte, stony, herbal.
Lush, mouthwatering, grassy, spicy, lemon torte, hint of vanilla. Very elegant. (2481 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 5/24/2003: Good colour, quite a pineappley nose with hints of spice. Follows through to the palatte with tropical fruits and a good dollup of flinty mineral flavours. Obviously New World but really quite complex and sophisticated. Really very good. (1315 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 1998, IWC Issue #81
(Ridge Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (8/12/2009)
(Ridge Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains) Light medium golden color; nice butter, vanilla nose; lovely, sweet butter, ripe lemon, poised palate; medium-plus finish (group's WOTF) 93 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/12/2009)
(Ridge Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains) Dark golden yellow color; lanolin, butter and mineral nose; butter, ripe lemon, mango and mineral palate; medium finish 88+ pts. 88 points |
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| 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.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican 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 Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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