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 Vintage1985 Label 1 of 5 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 1982 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerRidge (web)
VarietyZinfandel
Designationn/a
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionNapa Valley
AppellationHowell Mountain
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Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 1990 and 1998 (based on 8 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Ridge Vineyards Zinfandel Howell Mountain on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 85.5 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by zscheiner on 10/10/2011 & rated 92 points: Blind Tasting 1978 - 1990 Ridge Zinfandels (Rich & Peggy's House, Los Altos, CA): Nose is a bit reticent, dusty, dark cherry. Light to medium bodied with medium acidity. Tart cherries, baking spice, a touch of tannin in the form of black tea flavors. Nicely balanced and delicious. (my 1st, group's 4th) (2106 views)
 Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/10/2011 & rated 79 points: Ridge Zins 1978-1990 Blindtasted (Rich and Peggy's Home in Los Altos, California): Group's #4 (my #6) – 71 pts.; 2, 3, 1, 1 - bricking, medium dark red violet color; light chocolate, dried berry, cranberry nose; tight, tart berry, tart cranberry palate with drying tannins; medium finish (965 views)

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By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/10/2011)
(Ridge Zinfandel Howell Mountain) Group's #4 (my #6) – 71 pts.; 2, 3, 1, 1 - bricking, medium dark red violet color; light chocolate, dried berry, cranberry nose; tight, tart berry, tart cranberry palate with drying tannins; medium finish  79 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.

Zinfandel

ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-Zinfandel

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

Napa Valley

Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)

Howell Mountain

Howell Mountain

 
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