Ridge Vineyards
Ridge Vineyards Paso Robles Zinfandel 2024 750ml
Ridge Vineyards Paso Robles Zinfandel 2024 750ml
USA : CALIFORNIA : PASO ROBLES
Zinfandel
FULL-BODIED, MORELLO CHERRY, BLACKBERRY, STRAWBERRY JAM, SPICE, OAK
Benito Dusi Ranch was planted to Zinfandel in 1922 — two years into Prohibition — and has been in the Dusi family since 1924; Benito farmed it from the 1940s until 2019, and his nephew Mike tends it now. Ridge made its first wine from the ranch in 1967, and it is still the only Zinfandel vineyard Ridge sources on the Central Coast.
The 2024 fruit came in after a late budbreak and a hot summer, fermented on native yeasts, finished malolactic naturally and spent twelve months in air-dried American oak. Morello cherry and strawberry jam on the nose, a dense blackberry midpalate, acidity and tannin well tucked in. Ridge calls it approachable now and good over the next six to seven years.
Zinfandel Chronicles 95 pts. Owen Bargreen 95 pts. Wine Spectator 94 pts. JamesSuckling.com 94 pts.
PAIRINGS :
| BBQ beef brisket | smoky char meets the dark fruit and oak spice |
| Braised lamb shank | dark fruit cuts through the braising richness |
| Aged cheddar | salt and fat soften the tannin and lift the berry fruit |
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