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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2011 (based on 295 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 8/31/2013 & rated 89 points: Lovely nose of subtle citrus flavors, more of the same on the palate, improved over time, mouth coating, tasty, touch simple, medium body and medium finish. (2656 views) | | | Tasted by Trblmkr on 2/27/2010: This was past it's prime, but we still found it good enough to enjoy. The color was a nice straw color with a light/medium body. Not too much oak to it, but still had a nice buttery feeling to it. The flavor was short lived after drinking, but was very pleasing. Drank this by itself in the afternoon after lunch (4102 views) | | | Tasted by jmetvoice on 4/8/2009: Found this to be an excellent chardonnay, with a full, dry, yet lush balance of fruit, nutty notes, and caramel/butterscotch (4145 views) | | | Tasted by french16 on 3/6/2008 & rated 87 points: Nose full of hazelnuts, lemon, rotten white fruits. A touch of alcohol as well.
Full body, good acidity, hazelnut with again some weird flavors of white fruits mixed with light caramel. The finish is a little too alcoholic with astringency. A little disapointing. (4147 views) | | | Tasted by jds on 11/17/2006 & rated 85 points: Decent chardonnay from this storied vineyard then ends with a false note of vasiline petroleum jelly. Bad show (4725 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.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican 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 Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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