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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.2 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 3/3/2023 & rated 93 points: Tasted blind. Cloudy. Dusty at first and then it gets more lively and reveals dried flowers, dried redberries, quite earthy. Etheral and smooth on palate texture like an aged 80s CDP Grenache. But then it gained weight, some concentrated fruits, chocolate, dried fig, leather. Profile like an Amarone. Bright with noticeable tannins. 13.9% (258 views) | | | Tasted by tinycellar on 5/24/2020 & rated 95 points: From my cellar since 1983. Totally unexpected. Took about an hour to open up and then the nose exploded with dark sweet fruit and an overlay of smoke. On the palate it was gorgeous, silky fruit. Enjoyed every sip. Cork was utterly dark and crumbling so I was ready to pour it down the drain. Frankly didn't remind me of a zin. Wife thought it's an old cab. Gave it extra points for amazing longevity. (602 views) | | | Tasted by EllisWine on 1/12/2016 & rated 96 points: Elderly but exquisite
Dark fruit, peppers in nose and mint!!
Opens up beautifully
Dry but reasonable fruit
Puckering but enjoyable long finish
God bless you Paul (and the wine) we've made it so far (1578 views) | | | Tasted by mlawren1 on 9/18/2015 & rated 94 points: wow, little funk up front gives way to strawberries and little hint of mint on the finish. Hard to believe this wine is 35 years old. (1544 views) | | | Tasted by mlawren1 on 1/24/2014 & rated 94 points: Wow, still fresh, almost like a pinot with strawberries and earth. (1920 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/1/2010 & rated 93 points: April Fools' Blindtasting - 4 Decade Pairs ('70, '80, '90, '00) (Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA): Group's #6 (my #1) – 61 pts; 2, 1, 1, 3 - bricking medium dark red violet color; big, dried berry, spice, VA, menthol nose; dried berry, berry, licorice palate; medium-plus finish (I was guessing '00 Zin, or possibly '90, so 1980 was a surprise) (1652 views) |
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RJonWine.com (4/1/2010)
(Ridge Zinfandel York Creek) Group's #6 (my #1) – 61 pts; 2, 1, 1, 3 - bricking medium dark red violet color; big, dried berry, spice, VA, menthol nose; dried berry, berry, licorice palate; medium-plus finish (I was guessing '00 Zin, or possibly '90, so 1980 was a surprise) 93 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-ZinfandelYork CreekRidge Vineyards has a nice graphic showing the location of their Napa vineyards: York Creek and Dynamite Hill.
York Creek Vineyard, high atop Spring Mountain overlooking the Napa Valley. Zinfandel and petite sirah vines, planted 1970-1990.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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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