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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wchrisw on 3/3/2024: Just not my thing. Glad I got rid of this. Not bad by any means but I just don’t like the structure of it. Light, vanilla, average if that…. (228 views) | | | Tasted by ogres3 on 2/19/2024 & rated 90 points: Described as rich and opulent, may be due to the petite sirah - found it to be a "middle-of-the-road" blend for Ridge. Solid pleasant dark fruit but nothing spectacular. (421 views) | | | Tasted by cmmatthews on 1/6/2024 & rated 90 points: Nice but can definitely hang longer. Day 1 the fruit is bright, tart. Day 2 more subdued and has a cherry cola on the finish. (508 views) | | | Tasted by Stephen.Somm on 4/29/2023 & rated 90 points: Intense notes of blackberry, black cherry, and boysenberry dominate the palate, with a subtle hint of dried herbs on the finish. Drinking very well right now. Paired beautifully with a prime ribeye. Alcohol high, acid medium, tannins medium (944 views) | | | Tasted by wchrisw on 3/17/2023: I remember when Rockpile wines hit the scene years ago with JC Cellars, Rosenblum and Maurtison they were big and brawny. I anticipated Ridge coming out with one but it took about 12 years for them to do so. I guess they were not offered grapes or they couldn’t find a suitable site for the ATP program. I admit it could be me but I find this more of a finesse zin. Maybe it’s Olney’s style and/or use of American oak too that I can’t get into. Perhaps zins have changed stylistically as well. Whatever the reason this is too light for me, blue fruits, vanilla, a little raspberry? I’d say drink up.
Drank over 2 days. (689 views) | | | Tasted by rbfleming on 9/13/2022 & rated 90 points: Red clarity. Light nose. Raspberries and crisp acidity. (1225 views) | | | Tasted by rbfleming on 7/17/2022 & rated 90 points: Blackberries. Strong but balanced tannins. Altogether delightful. (1260 views) | | | Tasted by MichielV on 12/4/2021 & rated 89 points: Pretty good after dinner drink! Good zin with good fruit and spice. (1703 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 11/30/2021: Ridge Dinner 29 November - The Young Ones (Hawksmoor Guildhall): Yummers. A real nostalgia trip to the kind of blackberry fruit I used to get from Australian wines, back when I could afford Australian wines. Fruit forward, but super balanced. This clearly can make old bones but it's kinda thrilling now. (1462 views) | | | Tasted by t_moderne on 9/21/2021 & rated 89 points: Pop and pour. Tasted with food (grilled pork chop and napa cabbage stiffed with cous cous, beef and veggies, in case you were wondering.)
Dark purple.
Nose offers dark fruits, blueberries, chocolate and mace.
Good rich dark fruits. Sufficient acidity. Tannins nicely integrated. Does not show heavy oak.
Good wine. (1519 views) | | | Tasted by brasstab on 9/6/2021 & rated 92 points: We put this up against Lambert Bridge’s Rockpile. Great fun to compare. Ridge was more elegant, almost austere by comparison. But better with the food. (1310 views) | | | Tasted by gudetama on 7/13/2021 & rated 90 points: Decanted and left for one hour before serving. I thought this was quite elegant and easy to drink. Tannins are moderate. Still plenty of time left. (1262 views) | | | Tasted by Brian of Mull on 2/8/2021 & rated 90 points: Opened 1 hour. Color is deepish garnet. On the nose: Red and black berries, plums, vanilla and spice. On the palate: Red and black berries and a bit of plum and spice. Good acidity. Flavor profile is a bit narrow and Finish is a bit short. It ‘s good but I thought maybe it would be a bit less one dimensional. (1770 views) | | | Tasted by VoVo on 1/27/2021 & rated 92 points: This is a very solidly constructed, yummy straight out of the bottle Zinfandel blend from Ridge. We appreciate that Ridge is not afraid of blends and they often strike just the right balance - as they do in this particular wine - of fruit, acid, tannins. As is our wont, we recommend decanting as it really helped this wine mellow and achieve a lovely balance within a couple of hours. This wine will be good for several more years. Excellent QPR for an American west coast red from a designated vineyard. (1395 views) | | | Tasted by heidoanddave on 11/27/2020 & rated 90 points: Enjoyed with Turkey sitting outside day after Thanksgiving. (1535 views) | | | Tasted by psundberg on 5/28/2020 & rated 88 points: Regrettably this Rockpile fell short. Surprisingly thin with not as much fruit as expected, some red licorice but no notable spice on the finish. It's still very young so hoping more time will add some depth.... Bummed and not up to Ridge standards. (2648 views) | | | Tasted by dougandrea on 5/20/2020: yummy. Buy more. (1795 views) | | | Tasted by spacewrangler on 5/19/2020 & rated 93 points: This may not have a long lived life but it’s in the zone now. Fleshy but w finesse. Tons of fruit but solid complexity. (1671 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 4/30/2020: Fuller and more forward than last year's version. It's sounding like 2018 is turning out to be a strong vintage in CA. But this wasn't necessarily great still. Again somewhat narrow in expression. Solid but not complex enough for another level. Probably doesn't need as much time as the 17. (1569 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 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.USAAmerican 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 County |
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