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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cweiss on 5/16/2022: Definitely has gotten better with time, definitely tastes like Ridge with sweet fruit and Draper perfume, but definitely not the same level as Geyserville or Lytton (788 views) | | | Tasted by squiddo on 11/23/2021 & rated 91 points: Always a thriller (971 views) | | | Tasted by phandel on 11/18/2020 & rated 88 points: Drank the 15 next to the 14, and greatly prefer the 14 - lots more finish and character. (1280 views) | | | Tasted by Chrisinroch on 7/10/2019: Give this a few years. Needs time to knit together and lose the edges. Passively stored since direct purchase. (1819 views) | | | Tasted by cweiss on 11/25/2018: My impression is that this is a relatively light and relatively early-drinking Ridge Zin. It seemed right for the Thanksgiving table but for some reason clashed with the food, even before having anything sweet. (2031 views) | | | Tasted by Frijole on 5/25/2018: deep dark burgundy red, medium clarity, silvery hue
Nose: berries, stem, tobacco, green pepper, minerals, clove, dust, oak
Pal: berries, black cherry, candied charries, tobacco, green pepper, minerals, chocolate, clove, dust, tannins, oak
Feel: medium, savory, acidic
Finish: medium
T8 (could be a 7) (1976 views) | | | Tasted by mseeber on 4/21/2018 & rated 93 points: This is a more serious Zinfandel than some of the other Ridge bottlings. More depth, dark fruit, vibrant nose, tannin in the finish. Plum, black cherry, chocolate, cassis. Bedrock vineyard (1879 views) | | | Tasted by Firemike on 10/31/2017: Review notes right on. Start with fruit & flavor on palate, finish is tannic, rough that time will not correct, expensive pizza wine (1994 views) | | | Tasted by tomherer on 5/28/2017 & rated 86 points: Plummy, balsamic, tannic, a little hot. May unfold into something later, but seems more like a swing and a miss. (1937 views) | | | Tasted by Brent25 on 5/20/2017 & rated 80 points: Big woody and boozy; seemed very austere compared to typical zin (1678 views) | | | Tasted by winetastingnote on 4/29/2017 & rated 91 points: Tasty, accessible, less structure than some other ridge zins (1437 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 4/23/2017 & rated 88 points: Ridge Monte Bello Tasting (Ridge Monte Bello, Cupertino): Red cranberry; palate is medium bodied, much less complex than the geyserville but excellent fruit; medium finish. 88 (1860 views) | | | Tasted by caldocane on 4/9/2017 & rated 89 points: Not particularly memorable. Not bad, but falls short of the rest of the Ridge Zin lineup this year. Weak nose, short finish. (1309 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.Zinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican 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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