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 Vintage1980 Label 2 of 4 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 1979 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerRidge (web)
VarietyZinfandel
DesignationSan Luis
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionCentral Coast
AppellationSan Luis Obispo County

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Drinking window: Drink by 2006 (based on 1 user opinion)

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Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by sawira on 8/7/2013 & rated 91 points: Classic Paul Draper varnish notes accompany this very (and almost over) mature beauty. Complex tertiary aromas fill the glass like a high end burgundy, and fading mature, deep, ripe fruit buttressed with a fine acidic structure and stunning finish complete this gem. How does he do this with Zinfandel? Thirty three years? C'mon! Another masterpiece. 91pts pure qualirty, 95pts personal preference. (1020 views)

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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-Zinfandel

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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 Coast

http://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html

http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/

http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm

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