Description
”Winemaker Tasting Notes Saturated ruby/purple hue. Black cherry, plum, toasted oak, gravelly-rock mineral. Full-bodied, deep flavors of bramble, blackberries; fresh mint; chalky tannins. Sensuous, layered flavors persist in a long finish.Vintage Notes Winter rains ended in December, and a warm February prompted early bud-break. Light rains in April saved the day, and let the vines set a full crop. This was the most uniform and evenly ripe vintage in many years. Fermentations began quickly, and we pressed on day seven. In assemblage, thirty-five percent of the lots were held outan especially rigorous selection. The wine has elegant structure, intense berry fruit, and firm acid. It will be most enjoyable over the next eight to ten years.History Ridge has made the Geyserville as a single-site zinfandel in every year since 1966. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a defined stretch of gravelly soil approximately one-and-a-quarter miles long and a half-mile wide 2 km x 0.8 km.Growing Season Weather Warm spring and early summer followed by cooler weather that slowed ripening.Winemaking Fermentation Natural primary and natural secondary malolactic fermentations; 30% of the tanks were fitted with submerged cap grids, both those and the tanks with a floating cap were given full pump-overs; pressed at 7 days.Barrels 100% air-dried american oak barrels 20% new, 30% one and two years old, 50% three, four and five years old.Aging Twelve months in barrel, Ingredients Hand harvested, sustainably grown grapes; indigenous yeasts; naturally occurring malolactic bacteria; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective SO2.Sustainably farmed, hand harvested estate-grown grapes; destemmed and crushed; fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic on the naturally-occurring bacteria; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective sulfur for this wine 30 ppm at crush; 86 ppm over the course of aging; pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.” – Ridge*92-94 /100 Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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