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2018 Ridge Vineyards, Geyserville, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Other Varieties
Antonio Galloni
94+/100
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2018 Ridge Vineyards, Geyserville, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 14.5
Grape List Other Varieties
Body Full Bodied
Property Ridge Vineyards

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni 94+/100
The 2018 Geyserville is an infant. That much is obvious, especially in this lineup of otherwise more settled 2018s. Ripe Zinfandel flavors drive the overall profile. A blast of wild cherry, leather, tobacco, smoke, licorice, menthol and spice hit the palate first, followed by swaths of tannin and a touch of new oak that suggest the wine still needs time to come together. Readers should be in no rush. I am not sure the 2018 will ever be truly refined, as it is quite burly today. Aeration helps to some degree. The fermentations at Geyserville were slow to start and slow to finish. That longer time of extraction comes through in potent tannins that will likely always mark the wine.antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (Sep 2020)
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Sep 2020)

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Other Varieties

There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.

Ridge Vineyards

Ridge Vineyards makes wines that compete in terms of quality and desirability with Bordeaux First Growths and Grand Cru White Burgundies. Winemaker Paul Draper has crafted 43 vintages at Ridge and his practical, hands-off approach to winemaking has resulted in an exceptional and highly sought-after range of wines. Although a vineyard was first planted near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1885, it lay abandoned until four Stanford Research Institute engineers bought it in 1959. Ridge Vineyards was formed in 1962 and Paul Draper was appointed as winemaker in 1969. After stunning the world by their triumph in the 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting, Ridge Vineyards shot to fame and gained cult status almost overnight.

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