Ridge Portfolio Tasting Minneapolis

CellarTracker! Ridge Portfolio Tasting

• 2023 Ridge Grenache Blanc – USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
  Ok Ridge fan again. Kind of stopped buying them but need to revisit. Clean wine with lemon, spice, apricots, minerals and floral notes. Medium finish. 84% Grenache Blanc, 14% Picpoul, 2% Roussanne (91 pts.)
• 2023 Ridge Three Valleys – USA, California, Sonoma County
  Normally not a fan but this is the best version I have tasted of this wine. Sweet cherries, spice, floral, pepper and earth. Medium plus. 71% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah, 2% Mataro and 2% Alicante Bouschet. (90 pts.)
• 2023 Ridge Zinfandel Pagani Ranch – USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley
  Excellent with oak, black pepper, vanilla, cherry, chocolate and spice. Big wine and will improve over time. 79% Zinfandel, 10% Alicante Bouschet, 9% Petite Sirah and 2% Mataro. (92 pts.)
• 2023 Ridge Geyserville – USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
  Floral, spice, oak, minerals, plum, cherry and wood. Medium finish and complex offering. 70% Zinfandel, 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah and 3% Alicante Bouschet (93 pts.)
• 2023 Ridge Lytton Springs – USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
  Floral notes along with raspberries, strawberries, dust, tar, pepper, earth and minerals. Like it. (93 pts.)
• 2021 Ridge Petite Sirah Lytton Estate – USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
  Fun wine with dust, floral, coffee beans, dark chocolate, wood and spices. Medium plus finish. (92 pts.)
• 2023 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains – USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
  Replacing the Estate I guess from the rep. Wonderful wine and love it with cherry, wood, plum, spice, dust, earth and a touch of vanilla. Complex and long finish. Yes please! (93 pts.)
• 2022 Ridge Monte Bello – USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
  Wow and what a treat to try this. Wood, dill, dark currants, spice, floral, earth, blueberries and exotic spices. Big and I mean big wine with a long finish. While young shows great promise and will drink well for 30 years in the cellar. 94+ (94 pts.)