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| Drinking window: Drink between 1994 and 2006 (based on 114 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by blanquito on 12/24/2011 & rated 91 points: This was really good, showing it's best after several hours of air. Not an epic Ridge petite sirah (the '79 is fantastic), it charms with lots of ripe plummy fruit and a lifted highly expressive bouquet of white flowers and Cali mint-menthol, with the firm, large-scale structure of the petite sirah riding in and keeping things under control. Very nice, mature, typical. Not ideal provenance on this bottle, so others might show fresher. (3291 views) | | | Tasted by pford on 2/14/2010 & rated 88 points: Probably past prime, but quite enjoyable. Showing its maturity. Earthy nose and palate. Some bricking. Balanced structure. Enjoyed w/ seared flank steak, asparagus, and roasted potatoes. I have one more bottle which I look forward to drinking up soon. (3636 views) | | | Tasted by andrewstevenson.com on 10/29/2005 & rated 95 points: Even garnet colour. Very elegant, sweet cherry fruit. Lovely mature palate. Really nice, elegant fruit. Lovely balance. Excellent. (4427 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 12/29/2004 & rated 89 points: Dinner at Brad Andonian's (Bellevue, WA, USA): Wow, what a nose of intense barnyard funk that slowly started to show some note of pine resin. The amazing barnyard kept going for hours on this one. On the palate this was deep and black with olive, screaming of Southern France. At first this was a bit astringent and leathery and showed very little fruit, but with a few hours it did open up a bit and get sweeter. That said, even after three hours in the glass this was impressively chewy and still tannic. (5414 views) | | | Tasted by Jason on 12/29/2004 & rated 85 points: Dinner at Brad Andonian's (Brad Andonian's House): Michael and Eric like this wine better than I did. I, however, enjoyed the opportunity to try such a rare wine. The nose had me convinced that it was Old World. It sure seemed like a CdR with a few years age. I found animal fur, funk, and chalk. The palate showed cherry candy and chalk. With air it picked up some deeper, darker elements. (5037 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 8/4/2001 & rated 90 points: CINNAMON AND SPICE IN THE NOSE WITH NICE UNDERLYING FRUIT. CHERRIES IN THE FLAVOR. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH. ON DECLINE FROM PREVIOUS TASTINGS (91) (340 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.Petite Sirah Varietal character (Appellation America) | P.S. I Love You: A Petite Sirah Advocacy Organization
Petite Sirah is a variety of red wine grape grown in France, California, Israel and Australia. Recently, wineries located in Washington State's Yakima Valley, Maryland, Arizona, West Virginia, Mexico, Chile's Colchagua Valley and Maipo Valley, and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula have also produced wines from Petite Sirah grapes. Though developed in France, it is nearly extinct there as of 2002, hanging on in limited plantings in the Isère and Ardêche regions of the Rhône Valley and in Palette, a tiny appellation in Provence. It is the main grape known in the US and Israel as Petite Sirah with over 90% of the California plantings labeled "Petite Sirah" being Durif grapes; the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms recognizes "Durif" and "Petite Sirah" as interchangeable synonyms referring to the same grape. The grape originated as a cross of Syrah pollen germinating a Peloursin plant. On some occasions, Peloursin and Syrah vines may be called Petite Sirah, usually because the varieties are extremely difficult to distinguish in old age.
The 'petite' in the name of this grape refers to the size of its berries and not the vine, which is particularly vigorous. The leaves are large with a bright green upper surface and paler green lower surface. The grape forms tightly packed clusters that can be susceptible to rotting in rainy environments. The small berries creates a high skin to juice ratio which can produce very tannic wines if the juice goes through an extended maceration period. In the presence of new oak barrels the wine can develop an aroma of melted chocolate.
Petite Sirah produces dark, inky colored wines that are relatively acidic with firm texture and mouth feel. The bouquet has herbal and black pepper overtones, with plum and blackberry flavors on the palate. Compared to Syrah, the wine is noticeably more dark and purplish in color. The wines are very tannic with aging ability that can eclipse 20 years in the bottle.York 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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