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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cos65 on 1/19/2024 & rated 94 points: Quite stunning
Nearly opaque black ruby with only a hint of garnet at the rim. Not too much sediment
Lavender and birch beer aromas
Lush, mostly resolved on the palate with dry sassafras and birch beer flavors, hint of clove.
This is really lovely. And this particular bottle seemed in no danger anytime soon. (92 views) | | | Tasted by Blake Brown on 5/2/2017 & rated 93 points: 1994 RIDGE PAGANI RANCH SONOMA VALLEY ALCANTE BOUSCHET [3 btls]- a rare varietal treat, the color of these wines were deep, dark purple which is expected from this grape although maybe not from a 23 y.o wine; one bottle stood out giving up layers of fruit forward blackberry, black cherry and black raspberry with a touch of spice coming in late; it was delivered in a medium textured base and held on for a grand finale. (669 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 12/10/2010 & rated 91 points: Ridge Bloggers' Tasting: Zins, Rhones and Alicante Bouschet Vertical (Ridge Private Tasting Room, Monte Bello Vineyard, Cupertino, California): Opaque purple red violet color; mature, tobacco, cigar box nose; tasty, tobacco, cigar box, tart cassis, herbaceous palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (77% Alicante Bouschet, 23% Zinfandel) (2158 views) |
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RJonWine.com (12/10/2010)
(Ridge Alicante Bouschet Pagani Ranch) Opaque purple red violet color; mature, tobacco, cigar box nose; tasty, tobacco, cigar box, tart cassis, herbaceous palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (77% Alicante Bouschet, 23% Zinfandel) 91 points |
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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.Alicante Bouschet Varietal character (Appellation America)Pagani RanchThe old Pagani Ranch on the east side of Sonoma Valley. 100-year-old zinfandel, petite sirah, alicaante, mataro, and carignane vines.
(Fall 2012 Ridge Wine Club notes:)
Since 1991, Ridge has made zinfandel from the old Pagani vineyard on the east-facing side of the Sonoma Valley. All the vines were planted 90 to 115 years ago.
This is a fine example of what we look for in a vineyard: low-yielding old vines, carefully tended by a quality-conscious family who, in this case, have worked the land for four generations.
The climate here is generally cooler than at Lytton Springs.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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