Description
Produced from vines planted on the eastern and western halves of the vineyard in Dry Creek Valley, this is an impressive blend of 72% Zinfandel, 15% Petite Sirah, and 9% Carignan 2% Alicante Bouschet. The attractive purple/red colour gives way to a fragrant, scented bouquet of cherry, blueberry, spice and vanilla. It’s medium in body with fine-grained, firm tannins that are the key to this wine’s longevity. Overall, relative to many high-class Californian wines, it is fresh and light on its feet, able to be decanted and drunk with food now, or cellared for a decade with ease.
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. 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.
