1974 Ridge Lytton Springs

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View AB16's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/28/2020 - AB16 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  74 ridge Zin is the best aged Zin I’ve ever had. Can’t move on to other wines. Fruit in tact, beautiful nose, good complexity and a remarkable acidity. I am in awe

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jeff Leve's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/23/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points

  Unbelievably good wine. Served blind, it was a dead ringer for a very good, fully mature, Chateauneuf du Pape. The fruit here was still going strong. Kirsch, kirsch and more kirsch, with pepper and herbs, soft, elegant textures and freshness remained. This was purchased on release and perfectly store all these years, so your YMMV.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Blake Brown's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/2/2017 - Blake Brown Likes this wine: 88 Points

  1974 RIDGE LYTTON SPRINGS DRY CREEK VALLEY ZINFANDEL [3 btls]- amazing abundance of cranberry and cherry fruit with accents of mint and spice; by mid palate, it dried out a bit becoming astringent.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BradKNYC's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/11/2011 - BradKNYC wrote:

  Mostly California Wines from the '70s at John Gilman's. (John Gilman's.): Great bottle. The nose is beguiling, showing fruitcake, sweet raspberries, spice and aged tobacco. Complex, integrated and simply riveting on the palate. The raspberry fruit is sweet and abundant and supported by nice acid levels. Similar flavors as aromas with the addition of some cedar. It's nicely integrated, long and in no danger of falling apart anytime soon. The alcohol weighs in at 13.3%. I wish a lot more Zin were made like that. A real treat to try. Solid A-.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.