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| Drinking window: Drink between 1986 and 1994 (based on 1412 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.3 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Charlie C on 2/9/2024 & rated 84 points: Pale brownish-red color. Slightly spicy nose. Light and still bright on the plate, but somewhat faded with red-fruits and some spice. Faded tannins, light acidity, decent balance. Finishes long and gradual, bit sharp. Well past prime but still giving some pleasure. Throws a fine sediment. (115 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 3/21/2016 & rated 89 points: Some funk on the nose. Decent palate. Very nice! (1758 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 3/20/2016 & rated 75 points: Ridge Monte Bello component tasting (and a Meursault!) (Ridge Vineyards, Santa Cruz, CA): Overridden by brett - dog fur, manure, bitter aromas. Thin on the palate. (2344 views) | | | Tasted by zscheiner on 2/20/2012 flawed bottle: Blind Tasting 1980-87 Ridge Geyservilles (Rich & Peggy's House, Los Altos, CA): Super bretty nose, possibly the most bretty wine I've ever smelled. Ripe cherry and brett on the palate. (my 6th, group's 5th) (3628 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 3/11/1999 & rated 93 points: 9 Famous Zinfandels with some age on them. (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nice rich nose of old fruit, raspberry, opened gracefully, lovely, raspberry taste, lovely wine, big body, and a lovely, long, intense finish. My #1 of 9. (660 views) |
| 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.Ridge Geyserville(Ridge Spring 2012 Wine Club notes)
In 1966, Ridge made its first Geyserville from a strip of river rock and clay soils along the abandoned San Francisco and Northern Pacific tracks. Over time, we have added two adjoining vineyards on this same defined site. Each vintage is distinct but typical flavor characteristics include the blackest of blackberry fruit, ripe plum, cedar, and a distinctive mineral quality.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 CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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