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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MusignyBlanc on 6/8/2013: This bottle seemed a bit out of balance to me. Still a huge wine with forward and sweet fruit, spice, and alcohol. This wine would seem to be able to go another 20 years, but don't know whether it will improve - somewhat port-like. (2066 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 8/4/2012: Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind. Boysenberry and black cherry aromas, similar flavors. Big fruit, very fat, fairly hot, then also slightly bitter near the end. Surprisingly fresh for its age. Clearly New World, tough to identify varietal, but I correctly guessed Zin. I didn't like this wine, although others enjoyed this far more today. (3053 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 12/1/2011: Zin and Burgers (Slater's 50/50, Anaheim, CA): Bright Zin fruit on the nose with light pepper notes. Still very substantial dark berry fruits in front of prominent acids. Shows some age with more air but drank very nicely overall. Terrific. (3024 views) | | | Tasted by MusignyBlanc on 11/18/2011 & rated 93 points: Who says Zinfandel doesn't age? Purchased from the winery about 4 years or so ago, this was an early ATP wine. Although stored on its side since I received it, there were some problems with a very dry cork - it crumbled to pieces and I ended up pushing it into the bottle and then decanting. Some minor bricking on the edges, and a full nose of vanilla and berry. Upon decanting it was still very closed, but the wine was young with elegant but full-bodied fruit, soft tannins and a surprisingly long finish with a soft mouthfeel. If I didn't know what this was, I would not have guessed Zinfandel. The next day I thought the wine was more characteristic of the variety, with a more typical Zinfandel nose. Some of the fruit had dropped out with some slight sour berry taste and the tannins were more pronounced. Definitely a wine better enjoyed on the first day (after decanting). (2591 views) | | | Tasted by LoireFan on 7/3/2005 & rated 93 points: Purchased at the Geyserville tasting room in 1999, this wine is finally, to me, at its peak. A silky smooth zin; a style you really don't see nowadays. (3035 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.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 CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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