TASTING  NOTES

Rich ruby ​​color. Intense dark fruits, gravel, black ginger, mint and exotic spices. Powerful taste of fruit candy, sensual, well-defined tannins, great depth of taste, nice long finish.

Serving temperature:  15-16ºC

Ageing potential:  15 years

THE WINERY

Ridge's history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Since 1962, Ridge has championed single-vineyard winemaking, searching California for those rare sites where climate, soil, and varietal are ideally matched.  Their aim is to guide the natural process; using traditional methods.

VINEYARDS

The Geyserville vineyard is located on the western edge of Alexander Valley, Sonoma County. The soils are gravelly loam. The youngest vines are of 15 years age, the oldes over 125 years. Sixty percent of the vines used for the wine are 50 years or older.

VINIFICATION

Hand harvested; sustainably farmed, estate-grown organic grapes; destemmed and crushed. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations; limited to once daily pump-overs; pressed at 9 days.

Ageing: 12 months in American oak barrels, 16% new

FOOD PAIRING

Beef, Lamb, Poultry