Ridge Tasting: Current Releases
Wine Co., St. Paul, MN
Tasted Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by rocknroller with 541 views
Introduction
This was a private tasting of the Ridge portfolio current releases hosted by Thomas Liquors on the patio at The Wine Complany. Christina Donnelly was present from Ridge pouring and discussing the wines.
Flight 1 (8 Notes)
Closing
As expected there were a number of excellent offerings form Ridge. My WOTN was the '07 Ridge Cab/Merlot Blend, #2 WOTN was a tie between the'09 Ridge Estate Chard and the '08 Paso Robles Zin. Thanks to Ridge, Thomas, and Wine Co for hosting this event.
2009 Ridge Chardonnay Estate 92 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Medium gold color. Rich nose of oak, warm butter, carmel, citrus and hints of tropical fruit, and minerals. the elegant palate has good body, bright fruit, mineral, oak, and a medium finish. This is a really well made, balanced Cali chard that is distinctive and not overdone.
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2007 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate 93 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Dark red color. A blend of 58% Cab and 42% Merlot sourced from the Monte Bello Vineyard. Expressive, rich nose of creme de cassis, plum, spices, and subtle cedar. The palate is caressing with black fruits of cassis, plum, and cherry, cedar, earth, and a long finish. Lovely wine and an excellent QPR . My WOTN.
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2009 Ridge Three Valleys 87 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County
Reddish purple color. Blend of 70% Zin, 15% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah, 3% Granache, and 2% Mataro. Very herbal, fruity, cherry, on the nose. Palate is herbal, greenish, with cherry, short finish. Fair.
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2007 Ridge Zinfandel York Creek 88 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Very dark red color. Blend of 78% Zin and 22% Petit Sirah. Nose is spicy, dark red fruits and blackberry, a bit doughy. The palate shows the same fruit profile with a bit of sweetness to it, spices and pepper on the finish.
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2008 Ridge Geyserville 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County
Dark red purple color. Blend of 72% Zin, 20% Carignane, 6% Petite Sirah, and 2% Mataro. This baby has lots going on, cherry, baked blueberry pie, black plum, some earth and oak balance out the nose. The palate is full of round fruit, black and blue plus tart cherry, not jammy, decent acid. Excellent balance and leaves with a very long finish. This is excellent 91-92pts.
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2008 Ridge Lytton Springs 90 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
Dark red purple color. Blend of 74% Zin, 21% Petite Sirah, 5% Carignane. This wine is very herbal on the nose, mixing in lots of pepper, spice, licorice, and dark fruit. The palate shows dark fruit and has more acid, more tannin, more spice than the "08 Geyserville. Medium finish. While this is very good, I found it too much to the herbal side and I preferred the Geyserville significantly over this.
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2008 Ridge Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard 88 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
Very dark reddish purple color. The nose shows hibiscus, herbs, fruity with cherry and raspberry. the palate is a bit lighter than some of the other Ridge Zin Blend, very fruity, dark red fruits, moderate tannins and some spice.
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2008 Ridge Zinfandel Paso Robles 92 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Dark red purple color. 100% Zin. Great nose with ripe black fruits plum, raisin, dark cherry, some florals, and carmel. The palate is bright with lively acid, nice black fruit, some earth and very long finish. Based on this showing, I would love to see more 100% Zin offerings from Ridge. Excellent stuff.
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