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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by jgh123 on 8/16/2023 & rated 91 points: Better than I remembered. Decanted but not much sediment in this bottle. Fully mature and Perfect with grilled burgers! (122 views) | | Tasted by jgh123 on 8/8/2022 & rated 89 points: Dark fruit and spice; a little remaining tannin; raisons; nice but a little short. Can probably hang in there a few more years but no reason to wait. (213 views) | | Tasted by Ed B on 6/7/2021 & rated 92 points: Decanted through a strainer to remove crumbled cork. Drank over 2 hours. Subtle, not bold. Smooth, mellow fruit, which morphed among cherry, strawberry and cranberry. Very nice spice. (324 views) | | Tasted by mellison on 11/20/2007 & rated 90 points: Tasty with the expected full mouth of typical zinfandel flavors. Nice smooth finish. (3006 views) | | Tasted by JBVino on 4/3/2007: good (3109 views) | | Tasted by dlynch on 1/5/2007 & rated 88 points: Lots of cork/oak funk. After a couple of hours of air, the Ridge Paso Robles character came through: very jammy fruit, big body. Probably wasn't a good idea to keep it this long, but with enough air it's still in fine shape. (3030 views) | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 12/9/2006 & rated 90 points: RASPBERRIES AND BLACK CHERRIES IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR WITH A TOUCH OF SPICE. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH. (898 views) | | Tasted by Oberhau on 8/10/2001 & rated 70 points: Unremarkable, no perceptible flavor or nose (2409 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.Ridge Zinfandel Paso Robles(Spring 2012 Ridge Wine Club notes)
Benito Dusi Ranch. The 1967 vintage was our first wine from this vineyard.It is planted entirely to zinfandel, unusual in a vineyard more than 80 years old.
Purchased by Sylvester and Catarina Dusi in 1924, the property has been farmed since the 1940s by their son Benito, the owner.
Wines from this location consistently show deep, juicy bramble fruit on the palate, along with notes of black cherry, gravelly earth, and rich chocolate.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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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