Ridge Vineyards, Santa Cruz, CA
Tasted Sunday, March 20, 2016 by RajivAyyangar with 448 views
A lovely tasting and picnic with AA/N, Tim, G, and others.
It was really cool to taste the components and then the final blend, and see how it all comes together. The final blend (still could change before bottling) was indeed more than the sum of its parts - the components fit together like puzzle pieces.
Generously shared by Ridge enthusiasts at the picnic! It was really interesting to taste some of these older wines, but they seemed tired and lacked distinctiveness to me. They were still alive and showing developed wine aromas, but they sort of tasted like generic aged wine.
A Fass selection.
2014 Ridge Chardonnay Estate 86 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
Relatively neutral nose, predominantly smelling of freshly sanded wood. Slightly reductive (rubber). Grapefruit pith! Raw apricot.
m body, m+ acid, m+ alcohol
Strong and bright acid! Slight bitterness from wood. Hints of vanilla buttercream.
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