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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kostaslonis on 3/21/2016 & rated 91 points: Dry River Pinot Noir Vertical Tasting and a few others (Le Petit Sommelier): Big nose, powerful, full ripe red fruit, raisin, dates, some plastic nuances, damp forest floor and overripe in general.
In the palate, the wine shows again full ripe red fruit, sweet spice, cinnamon, nice oak frame, great structure, chocolate and coffee notes in the med finish. 14.9% alcohol but extremely well hidden.
Outstanding quality, drink now. (1660 views) | | | Tasted by Darin L. Buchalter on 1/1/2012: I was shocked how good this wine was immediately after opening and how it mellowed after several hours. Deep fruits, roundness and balance. Read that these wines were disappointing despite single vineyard / limited production mystique. Don't agree - solid wine with some real interest. (2669 views) | | | Tasted by gutt22 on 5/24/2009: 14.9% alcohol. Very ripe nose, with a port-like edge to the lush black fruits. In the mouth, plush and texturally very nice. Also a ripe mouth feel, though, with a touch of flab around the palate. The acidity is subdued. But no heat on the finish. B+ (2504 views) | | | Tasted by BGOE on 3/27/2008 flawed bottle: Both bottles we had were bad. Sad as we had never tried it when it was good. (2842 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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