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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mryev on 12/19/2021 & rated 92 points: This wine is still holding up pretty well! Nose of raspberry, cranberry, currant, leather, a hint of tabacco and wet wood. There is still a 'zing' on the tong, but you can definitely tell it toned down quite a bit. Still, a lovely wine. (686 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 12/13/2015 & rated 93 points: Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (Il Foro, Mpls, MN): Medium bricked red color. PNP, Drank a small pour over 15 minutes. This really was delightful. A lovely bottle that was well preserved. Very earthy, vegetal, mushroom, lacy, dried flowers, leather, the mid palate reminds me of an older Lopez. boy these are good when they're pristine. 93+pts. (3525 views) | | | Tasted by mzimberg on 5/4/2013 & rated 96 points: Cork soaked all the way through. Some light mold on the top. Label came off the The bottom of the cork stayed in the bottle, but no negative impact. This bottle is prestine. A winebid purchase a few months ago.
Light ruby, like tomato juice. Dense earth, spring flowers, a touch of oak and some spice kick. Lithe and mineral, full and pure, and a complete balanced harmonious finish. Menthol, slight funk, earth and baker's chocolate. A really great bottle. Quite fresh for a 40-year old, no musty old books. Lytton Springs is now my favorite Zinfandel vineyard. (3535 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, Double Vertical of Ridge's Geyserville and Lytton Springs (Aug 2018) (8/1/2018)
(Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs Sonoma County Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/3/2010)
(Ridge, Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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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.Ridge Lytton SpringsHistory
In 1972, Ridge made its first Lytton Springs from vines planted on the eastern half of the vineyard at the turn of the century, and purchased both the eastern and western portions of the vineyard in the early 1990s, (In the 1870s, under "Captain" William Litton's ownership, the two were part of one property; spelling evolved into "Lytton" by 1903.) The vineyard is planted to zinfandel and its principal complementary varietals.
Vineyard
First Ridge Lytton Springs®: 1972
Location: The bench and hills separating Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys, just north of Healdsburg, Sonoma County.
Elevation: 80' - 160'
Soils: Varied, with a predominance of gravelly clay; gravelly clay loam on hillsides.
Age of Vines: Lytton East: zinfandel, petite sirah, grenache and carignane planted 1901 (32 acres) and 1910 (11 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah, planted 1997-1998 (5 acres), Lytton West: zinfandel, petite sirah, carignane, grenache re-planted 1953-1968 (26 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah, planted 1980's (2.5 acres); zinfandel and petite sirah planted in 1990's (42.8 acres); zinfandel, limited petite sirah, limited carignane, in 2000's (60 acres).
Training: Head trained (no trellis), spur pruned.
Climate: Fog in a.m., warm sunny afternoons, breezes in late p.m.
Exposure: Southeasterly
Yields: 1.5 to 3.0 tons per acre
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In the heart of Dry Creek Valley, home to 100 year old Zinfandel vines, co-planted (as was the norm) with small amounts of Petite Sirah, Carignane, Grenache and Mourvedre, Lytton Springs is Ridge’s Sonoma HQ. This is ideal Zinfandel country and produces wines that are spectacular both young and with age.Lytton SpringsThe bench and hills separating Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys, just north of Healdsburg, Sonoma County.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 CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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