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| Community Tasting Notes | | | Tasted by stevetimko on 9/3/2011: Yeah, this was definitely over the hill. It was still drinkable, but obviously it was largely dead. The fruit that remained seemed more like plum. Some molasses. I wanted this to be my special wine for my 50th birthday, but alas it just wasn't up to task. Would have been wonderful for my 40th birthday. (3232 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 6/5/2010: Jimsomare Vertical at The White House (The White House, Anaheim, CA): From a magnum. Smells a bit old but there is strong a maple syrup aroma and notes of dark red fruits. The fruit seemed a bit reserved but it also seemed to go up and down changing as I tried it over 15 minutes changing with air. There was a nice tart acidity and overall I liked this. Probably passed its prime but still in a good spot. (4144 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 6/5/2010: Jimsomare Vertical at The White House (The White House, Anaheim, CA): From a 750. Nose was musty and old. Clean dark fruit with a tart finish and a touch of heat. This got more expressive with air but was not quite as good as the same from the magnum showing more advanced, especially on the nose. (4146 views) | | | Tasted by Old_Winyards on 5/23/2009: Sure... this wine is on the downhill slope, but IMO like many great wines, it's a slow gentle descent into that good night rather than a rapid vertical dive. The nose wasn't terribly inviting, with plum and cherry scents hiding behind putrefied fruits and vegetables, but it performed much better on the palate. This wine still has excellent poise and balance, plenty of acidity, and lots of tart dessicated cherry and plum fruit flavors. Considering that this is a 39 year old Zin, I can only imagine what this wine must have tasted like at its peak. (3603 views) | | | Tasted by Totatalitarian on 1/17/2007: From magnum. A little while back, I had the good fortune of acquiring three magnums of this wine from one of our local board members. But, until this dinner, I had no idea what a stroke of luck this actually was. This was, without a doubt, the finest zinfandel/zin-blend that I have ever tasted (I only wish I had it for last year's Ridge vertical dinner!). The color was that of a dark strawberry jam with just the slightest lightening around the edges and hints of purple in the center. The fruit was very much alive, a well-infused plummy, jammy, berry mouthful that popped upon first opening and remained vibrant for the hour over which we consumed the bottle. Complementing the fruit were notes of leather, dried Provencal herbs, hard minerals, and hints of pepper and very mellow oak. After 36 years in the bottle, this wine could best be described as silky, intense and startlingly complex. There was no noticeable alcohol (I don’t know how accurate the alcohol measurements were at this time, anyway) and a long, subtle finish that reminded me of a very fine Bordeaux. I don’t normally give wines numerical ratings, but, if I did, this wine would certainly warrant strong consideration for a 100. It seems that this wine is perfectly mature, neither slipping in its primaries nor leaving any room to improve, so I plan to drink the remaining magnums over the next year or two. Sadly, this probably means that the 750 bottlings are past their prime (although I haven’t tried them, so that is just extrapolation). (3651 views) |
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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-ZinfandelUSAAmerican 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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