Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Red 2023

Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Red 2023

Ridge Vineyards Geyserville Red 2023

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96 pts OwenBargreen.com “The 2023 ‘Geyserville’ is a marvelous, silky blend of mainly Zinfandel (70%) with 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah and a touch of Alicante Boushet. Very dark in the glass, this delivers beautiful violet rose petals alongside mocha, tar, Cuban cigar and notes of garrigue with loganberry compote. The palate is fresh and refined, with an elegant mid-palate mouthfeel and light dusting of salinity. Well-structured and weighted, offering plenty of depth and flavor density, this is a marvelous effort that has yet to fully hit its stride —- but the incredible potential is there. The combination of weight and tension suggests this will be very long-lived. Give this another year in the cellar before uncorking. Drink 2026-2045” -Owen Bargreen (March 2025)

95 pts JebDunnuck.com  “A perennial standout for the winery that is produced for wider distribution, the 2023 Zinfandel Geyserville is a blend of 70% Zinfandel, 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah and 3% Alicante, the 2023 a highly ageable vintage with great acidity. That freshness helps to define the wine’s juicy core of well-mannered, supple tannins and oak, the wine aged entirely in 100% air-dried American oak, 15% of it new. It truly offers the perfect balance of dark fruit and freshness, within a full-bodied richness and structure still built for aging, as with all Ridge wines. Enjoy now through 2033.” -Virginie Boone (April 2025)

70% Zinfandel, 18% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah, 3% Alicante Bouschet
First produced in 1966, we have made this zinfandel every year for fifty-six years. Consistency of quality and vineyard character are its hallmarks. A dry winter with a moderate spring and summer ripened the grapes evenly. Showing plentiful fruit, elegant tannins and bright acidity, this fine wine will develop fully over the next fourteen years.

Winemaking
Fermentation:
 Full Crush, 100% floating cap. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations; daily pump-overs. minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 70 ppm over the course of aging)
Barrels: 100% air-dried American oak barrels (15% new, 10% one year old, 10% two years old, 30% three years old, and 35% four years old).
Aging: Sixteen months in barrel

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