2018 Ridge Adelaida Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  8/12/2023 - wchrisw wrote:

  This was thin with citrus notes. Just okay.

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  7/9/2023 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  If you like Rhône-style whites dominated by oak and malolactic, this is your wine. Having just returned from Europe, where I enjoyed the excellent, fresh, dry whites from Austria, Germany, northern Italy and Slovenia, unencumbered by oak, this was a bit of a disappointment. I don't understand the California obsession for oak in white wines. Oak should be a seasoning and not a major flavor component. Nevertheless, there is still ample acidity. Needs food.
  
  (12/29/2019) Quite pale. Oak is evident with lovely, delicate fruit. 50% Grenache Blanc, 25% Picpoul, 25% Roussanne. According to the Ridge website, the wine was mostly barrel fermented and underwent complete malolactic, with 8 months in barrel total. Available only at the winery.

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  4/14/2023 - wine.cult Likes this wine:

  Round, nice acid through line, deffo oaked. We’re eating these “escargot sausages” from pqm (meat and snails and butter and ???) and it’s a lovely pairing

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  11/2/2022 - MRichman wrote:

  Actually a bit simple & light. Lacks weight. A nice light drink but not more. Perhaps past prime? Wish there was more going on.

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  6/28/2022 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Coming back to after a few years. Color is pale straw. On the nose: Soft lemon, white flowers, a bit of butterscotch. On the palate: Lemon and orange, honeysuckle, melon, lycee and just a hint of benzene. Nice mouthfeel. Old World Finesse, which is not surprising from Ridge. I am really liking this blend and hope they keep making it.

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