Description
Produced from 120-year-vines planted in Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County. This Lytton Springs from Ridge Vineyards is a blend of 78% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah, 6% Carignane, 2% Alicante Bouschet and 1% Grenache. With superb fruit quality from these revered old vineyards, lovely flavour ripeness and power, plus sixteen months ageing in American oak barrels, this is a stunning wine from one of California’s top producers.
TASTING NOTE: The 2024 has a delicious red and black fruit character, and a hint of spice from 16 month’s ageing in American oak. It’s a touch richer and darker-fruited than the previous 2023 vintage, and there are notes of dark chocolate and mocha along with plum and graphite, and generous, well-balanced alcohol of 14.5%, which in Ridge’s wines never seems over the top. A very fine wine indeed, fresh, dry and powerful with an impressively long finish.
FOOD PAIRING, STORING AND SERVICE: This is a firm-structured and elegant wine that will match with steak, pork loin, lamb rack or a cheese course. We would recommend decanting it for a few hours before enjoying now, or keep the wine up till 2034 at least.
ABOUT: Ridge Vineyards based in the Santa Cruz mountains (South of San Fransisco) was established in 1962. Paul Draper took up the role of winemaker in 1969 and is still involved in making wines at the winery to this day. They champion sustainable farming and winery practices. Ridge, like other California estates, received almost instant praise in the world of wine after California performed so well in the 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting – beating some of France’s most revered wines. Lytton Springs was first produced in 1972 and like our other reds from Ridge Vineyards, was grown organically.
