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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 73 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wchrisw on 3/9/2024: Why I have held onto this for so long I have no idea. Alas it was time to go. Had a glass on night 1 after about an hour of airtime. It was okay, it didn’t scream meaty or fruits, rather nondescript. I stuck the cork back in hoping for a turnaround on the second day as I was done for the night anyway. Day 2 followed similar to day 1 after tracking for several hours. Just okay, nothing new. This actually had a bit of Grenache in it that surprised me along with the standard Viognier addition. Drink up. (106 views) | | | Tasted by JJKinch on 12/1/2022 & rated 91 points: Dark fruit (black cherry, slight plum), nice vanilla, slight spice, slight oak, earth. Some tannins. Good acidity. Lingering finish. Really enjoyable.
Better with an hour or so of air. Popped and poured (673 views) | | | Tasted by doggman on 12/3/2019 & rated 90 points: Still drinking nicely. I decanted because the cork fell apart. It’ll probably probably go over the hill fairly soon. (1488 views) | | | Tasted by missionpk on 7/12/2018: Still showing some good light fruit, though the alc seems to be showing through a bit more than when the wine was younger. Very tasty. (2084 views) | | | Tasted by Bacchus NYC on 4/18/2016 & rated 90 points: Still drinking nicely. Drink now! (3348 views) | | | Tasted by Glarange on 4/3/2016 & rated 94 points: Tasted at Ridge winery. Vertical flight of 06, 11 and 04. Beautifully evolved, prune, pepper, smoky. Persistent and complex. We thought the 06 didnt have same complexity but 11 could get there. (3390 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 9/22/2015 & rated 92 points: Cellared since release. Popped and poured. No apparent signs of visual age. Ripe blueberries and plums. Brand new baseball glove and some bits of bacon fat. Tannins are well integrated at this point. Good acidity and perfect with burgers and garden fresh BLT's. Delicious. Drink now and over the next few years. (3411 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 4/11/2015 & rated 90 points: Stands up well to grilled rack of lamb. Nice fruit underneath partly hidden by a modest cloak of oak. I prefer the 2102 Domaine Faury St. Joseph we had last night. (3011 views) | | | Tasted by casjf on 9/16/2014: - Crimsom color - Big wine, but balanced. Extremely dark color, almost black, with black cherry taste predominant. Needed to be served w meat such as lamb or steak. Overwhelmed chicken and salmon. (2938 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 5/7/2014 & rated 87 points: A Tasting at Ridge (Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs Estate): Deep core with a light meniscus. Aromas of wood, cedar and red fruit, cinnamon and meat. Medium-bodied with flavors of dried earth, red fruit and spice. Still quite tannic and even a bit austere. (1933 views) | | | Tasted by thelostverse on 5/7/2014 & rated 89 points: Tasted at the winery. Tasted alongside the '10 Syrah/Grenache. Color was extremely clear with some bricking. This clearly had some age on it with dusty fruit and dusty tannins. (1541 views) | | | Tasted by bjschmitt on 12/20/2013 & rated 90 points: With Country ham, scalloped potato, and carrots.
Medium garnet, dry, great body, good depth of flavor and length. Perfectly mature right now. (2105 views) | | | Tasted by casjf on 10/30/2013 & rated 93 points: - Flavours of black pepper - Delicious, unusually spicy syrah that went well with lamb chops. (1996 views) | | | Tasted by smcilhen on 2/8/2013 & rated 89 points: PnP. Drank over 3 hours. Mostly oak notes upon initial tasting, but integrated very nicely after about 1.5 hours of air time. Very smooth. To me, this is a more light/elegant syrah than I am used to. A little hot on the finish. Very nice and great with food. Drink over the next 3 years.
89 points; purchased from WineBid.com on 12/16/2012 for $26.45 (2601 views) | | | Tasted by winelover3 on 9/16/2012: Very good with tritium 92 (2898 views) | | | Tasted by winelover3 on 9/16/2012: Very good with tritium 93 (3117 views) | | | Tasted by DuaneT on 9/9/2012 & rated 92 points: Simple, smooth, salty, silky with a bit of leather and earth. Really nice balance and well restrained fruit.
I was new to this wine when I tasted at the winery last year. Now it tastes at least as good as my first experience. (2369 views) | | | Tasted by svpandae on 7/31/2012 & rated 92 points: Yes, drinking well. (2352 views) | | | Tasted by ajfret01 on 7/4/2012 & rated 91 points: Nice texture and finish. Drinking very well right now. (1784 views) | | | Tasted by noahbw on 6/17/2012 & rated 91 points: Gave all afternoon in the decanter. Deep brick red in the glass. Nose jumps with an unexpected chocolate, and funky earthy/forest spices. A wee bit of coffee/leather in there too? The palate is rich and succulent with black berry and dark cherries. Subtle eucalyptus notes and dark tones in the background give this lots of flavor depth. Intriguing and delicious. (1670 views) | | | Tasted by wagging_tail on 2/17/2012 & rated 87 points: Some other older Ridge ATPs didn't work last weekend. Deep cherry flavor, long finish with a bite at the end, little green bramble like flavor maybe from Grenache (1866 views) | | | Tasted by rhanke on 11/1/2011 & rated 85 points: good (2200 views) | | | Tasted by jefe-alto on 10/8/2011 & rated 91 points: Delicious syrah. Smooth on the palate, lingering finish and mellowed tanins. Beautiful on the nose: I kept going back for another whiff. (2317 views) | | | Tasted by suburbanfrog on 9/22/2011 & rated 92 points: Very smooth tannins and nicely aged fruit. Long, pleasant aftertaste and very pleasant drinking. Also a big nose that made you want to savor the wine. Served last half of bottle with a wood grilled porterhouse and it proved to be a perfect wine match. (2194 views) | | | Tasted by missionpk on 9/12/2011 & rated 90 points: A bit different than I expected. Smooth, smooth, smooth at first, with a bit of kick at the end. While I tend to prefer wines with more acidity, this is extremely tasty. (2413 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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RJonWine.com (3/7/2010)
(Ridge Syrah Lytton Estate) Very dark red violet color; lovely berry, black fruit, chocolate, floral nose; tasty, tight, black fruit, berry syrup, currant palate with depth; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. (just released) 92 points |
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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.2004 Ridge Syrah Lytton EstateIn 2004, a syrah base was assembled from the most intense and distinct syrah lots, all of which had co-fermented with small amounts of viognier. By taste, grenache was added providing greater complexity to the fruit.Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. 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 CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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