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Red
2011 Ridge Zinfandel East Bench
Zinfandel
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Dry Creek Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 50
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AK Wines wrote: 91 points
September 3, 2022 - Sour cherry, a little acetate, smooth tanin, quite acidic for a zin - might have drank better 2-3 years earlier.
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timewithwine Likes this wine:
June 5, 2022 - Distinctly opaque and a youthful plum color. Scents of plum, rhubarb, and bramble berry initially (and on the attack as well), followed by notes of coffee and cinnamon. The cinnamon note continues and carries the finish along with more brambles. The precision of the flavors kept us coming back and enjoying sip after sip. This 100% Zin remains youthful and inviting. 14.6% alc. A bit of sediment. With grilled beef hanger steak. 06.05.22. Recommended.
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IAmVintage wrote: 92 points
April 30, 2021 - 10 years young we enjoyed the age on this bottle of wonderful Zin fruit.
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mike l. Likes this wine: 92 points
March 26, 2021 - this wine was electric and fresh despite its years in the bottle. there was some complexity but still definitely a fruit forward effort. lovely captivating bottle.
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timewithwine wrote:
July 4, 2019 - A wine just entering its “ready to drink stage” with just barely resolved tannins. While not claret-like yet the way its 2008 sister is, it nevertheless delivers plum, brown sugar, rhubarb, and black fruits. Some coffee on the finish. 71% Zinfandel, 23% Petite Sirah and 6% Carignane. Sediment coats the entire neck and a portion of a side of the bottle. 14.5% alc. With homemade pork barbeque (day two). Recommended.
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By Antonio Galloni
Santa Cruz Mountains: California’s Best Kept Secret (Jul 2013) (link)(Ridge Zinfandel East Bench Dry Creek Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type Red
- Producer Ridge
- Varietal Zinfandel
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard East Bench
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Dry Creek Valley
- UPC Code 744442889006
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 217 (27%)
- Consumed 599 (73%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
only super-fine sediment (but used a filter). Has really raised East Bench in our priors., Pasta, really superior; strong cork, Very much better than expectedWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerRidge
- VarietyZinfandel
- VineyardEast Bench
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationDry Creek Valley
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