We are delighted to be hosting the Otsuka Team for a virtual tasting here at Ridge! Following is additional information on each of the wines you’ll be tasting, as well as links to learn more about us and shop our wines online.
Event Date: Thursday, October 22nd
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Winemaker Tasting Note: Pale sun-bleached straw color. Ripe apple and yellow plum fruit aromas, citrus blossom, and sweet baked dessert. Sensuous entry, showing appealing mountain fruit, elegance, balanced acidity, and a beautiful mineral aftertaste.
Vineyard: Monte Bello
Membership Program: Monte Bello Collector
Winemaker Tasting Note: Dark ruby color. Intense black cherry fruit aroma, exotic oak spice, cola, mint, and complex gravel earth. Intense bramble fruit entry, sensuous textural tannins, lively acid, and showing great minerality in a long finish.
Vineyard: Geyserville
Membership Program: Z List
Winemaker Tasting Note: Blackberry, pepper and licorice notes on nose. Full-bodied with ripe plum, well integrated tannins and long, lingering finish.
Vineyard: Lytton Springs
Membership Program: Z List
Winemaker Tasting Note: Saturated purple in color. Aromas of cassis, blueberry, cola, licorice, and sweet oak. Ripe blackberry fruit entry, full bodied, rich textures, exotic spice roasted coffee, and toasted oak aftertaste. Complex, long, sensuous finish.
Vineyard: Monte Bello
Membership Program: Monte Bello Collector
In 1962, Ridge made its first Monte Bello, and two years later its first zinfandel. Since that time, Ridge has championed single-vineyard winemaking, searching California for those rare and exceptional vineyards where climate, soil, and variety are ideally matched.
Learn MoreIf you’d like to order the featured wines or peruse our selection of other single-vineyard bottlings following your tasting, visit our online store.