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The 2021 Lytton Springs is a blend of 72% Zinfandel, 15% Petite Sirah, 9% Carignane, and 2% Alicante Bouschet. These grapes, farmed organically and harvested by hand, undergo destemming, crushing, and fermentation with native yeasts. The nose entices with scents of red and black raspberry, white pepper, fennel, sage, dark chocolate, and sarsaparilla. On the palate, this full-bodied wine unfolds with flavours of blackberry and ripe plum, accompanied by juicy acidity, superb midpalate weight, and a lingering finish.
The 2021 Lytton Springs is fabulous. Bright and vibrant to its core, the 2021 impresses with its poise. Readers will find a Lytton Springs that is very much in reserve, as opposed to the rest of the 2021s in this report, all of which are more approachable. Salivating acids and veins of tannin lend shape and persistence, but the 2021 needs time. Red cherry fruit, blood orange, rose petal and sage are some of the notes that linger on the close.Antonio Galloni7th November 2023
18Jancis Robinson
Full bottle 1,306 g. 72% Zinfandel, 15% Petite Sirah, 9% Carignane, 2% Alicante Bouschet, 1% Cinsaut (sic), 1% Counoise. A total of 38 parcels were picked from 1 September to 5 October and spontaneously fermented separately. Out of these 34 were selected for this blend which went through malo naturally. Some of the vines were planted in 1901 and the Counoise vines were 80 years old. 'Enjoyable now but expected to develop over the next 10 years of so', apparently, when the note was written in November 2022.
Dark garnet – much darker than Geyserville 2021. Extremely sophisticated and complex on the nose already! Quite a contrast to the Geyserville. Lots of ripe, slightly dusty, well-integrated fruit hits the front palate and then the wine builds towards the rich finish. You could enjoy this now but it might be a bit of a shame – not least in view of how well the 2009 shows today. Definitely a wine for the table. (JR)Jancis Robinson14th March 2025
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Mountain Wines of Distinction
Named after the historic vineyard area of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains has been a byword for fine Californian wine since the early 1960s. Ridge shot to fame in the fabled 1976 Judgement of Paris. It was at this groundbreaking blind tasting that the 1971 Ridge Monte Bello was pitted against some of the most revered First Growths of Bordeaux. It placed fifth. (NB: in a re-enactment of the same tasting held in 2006, Monte Bello 1971 placed first.)
Under legendary winemaker Paul Draper, Ridge Vineyards became renowned for the exceptional quality of its single-vineyard wines. Though Draper has now retired, the estate continues to produce terroir-focused wines with the same commitment to organic farming and traditional winemaking techniques. From the fine Bordeaux blends and Chardonnays of Monte Bello to the Zinfandels of Lytton Springs and Geyserville in Sonoma, and all points in between, Ridge Vineyards remains one of the most celebrated names in California wine.
