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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jgh123 on 8/5/2022 & rated 90 points: Surprised to find this as fresh as it was. The 14.9% abv is a little high for me but it may have helped it hold. Rich; dark red fruit; moderately lingering. A little more complexity than I expected. Overall, a really nice 24 y/o zin. If properly cellared it may last a few more years (one bottle left, so I'll see). (275 views) | | | Tasted by mattkc on 2/7/2012 & rated 92 points: I decided to decanted and it was the right choice. I thought it might be over the hill but it was great. Slight sulphur note on the nose. Well structured but medium bodies thanks to the syrah. This bottle was very well cellared or it would not have tasted as well. (3390 views) | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 9/11/2009 & rated 90 points: I decided not to decant, but should have. Eventually showed some nice red fruit and surprising depth. Very nice finish. The 2007 tasting window was way off at least for this bottle. (3643 views) | | | Tasted by tmay on 11/19/2006 & rated 88 points: Dark berry, leather. Lot's of body, balanced. (4211 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 11/19/2006 & rated 88 points: DRIED FRUITS AND SPICE IN THE NOSE. BLACK CHERRIES AND SPICE IN THE FLAVOR. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH. (1386 views) | | | Tasted by timewithwine on 6/25/2005: Saturday, June 25, 2005 Zinging Evening of Zin and Sin All wines but for the Ridge Ponzo were consumed single blind at dinner. Hendry Zinfandel Napa 2001 14 Months in French oak (only 35% is new). Definitely young and needing time. More rustic than the others and somewhat bigger. Comments by others: young and good; best/winner; okay; acidic and charcoal (interesting how some liked it and some didn’t!) 15.4% alc. Ridge York Creek Zinfandel ‘98 88% Zin, 12% Petite Sirah. 12 month in new, 1yr, and 4yr old American oak. Comments by others: fruity, not hot; good; rosemary and cherry; cherry and leather. 14.9% alc. Ridge York Creek Zinfandel Late Picked 2000 75% Zin, 25% Petite Sirah. American oak, but don’t know the breakdown. Rich and sweet, yet a tad green something hanging in there. Comments by others: hotter than (Villa App.), pepper; strong; meaty; banana. (Despite some sentiment against this wine, it was one of the first bottles emptied.) 15.8% alc. Ridge Ponzo Zinfandel Russian River Valley 2003 Opened after dinner; not one of the five with dinner. 85% Zin, 14% Petite Sirah, 1% Carignane. 12 months in New American oak. Big juicy and chewy. Loads of bramble berry, vanilla, toast, leather. This will go the distance. Do not touch until ‘08 or ‘09. 13.5% alc. St. Francis Old Vines Zinfandel Sonoma 1999 15 months in new American oak. Comments by others: mellows with air time; ’no go’; poison ivy and tart. This is the wine least liked by the crowd. Half of the bottle remained at the end of the evening .... or whenever it was uncovered. 15.1% alc. Villa Appalaccia Primitivo (Va.)2001 My notes from prior data points instructed that this be held until at least June of this year. My thinking was that this would plump up and be hitting its stride about now. Suspicions confirmed. Spice, pepper and cedar. But a tad bit thinner bodied than the other wines. A hint of pine resin. More old world than the other wines. Maybe a hint of RS, but if so, only a touch. Comments by others: wax, great zin (Stephanie’s fav); bitter; mint, rosemary; walnut, very good, 13% alc. Smoked pulled pork with tangy molasses BBQ sauce. Sides of Emeril’s horseradish coleslaw, chili-cheese corn, roasted potatoes, sugar snap peas. 6.25.05. (155 views) | | | Tasted by veniceslug1 on 6/2/2004 & rated 88 points: Spice vanilla & blackberry. Slight sulphur note. Some oak on the finish. Very nice for a '98 (4240 views) | | | Tasted by Oberhau on 9/1/2000 & rated 80 points: Well-structured, medium bodied, ok (2430 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-ZinfandelYork CreekRidge Vineyards has a nice graphic showing the location of their Napa vineyards: York Creek and Dynamite Hill.
York Creek Vineyard, high atop Spring Mountain overlooking the Napa Valley. Zinfandel and petite sirah vines, planted 1970-1990.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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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