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96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
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The 2018 Geyserville is a blend of 68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah and 2% Alicante Bouschet. It's incredibly alluring, offering up layers of warm, tricolored fruits and loads of spicy accents on the nose, with a dusty, mineral-tinged undercurrent that adds to its appeal. In the mouth, it's generously fruited and fantastically juicy, its silt-like tannins providing just enough support, and it finishes very long and layered. 9,900 cases produced.
95 Jeb Dunnuck -
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A wine that always delivers, the 2018 Geyserville from Ridge comes all from a single vineyard in the Alexander Valley and checks in as 68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah, and the rest Alicante Bouschet. It has a big, cedary bouquet of red and black plums, sandalwood, potpourri, and Asian spices that develops and fills out nicely with time in the glass. This carries to a more medium-bodied Zinfandel that has wonderful purity of fruit, present yet ripe tannins, flawless balance, and a great, great finish. This structured yet ethereal example of this cuvée ranks with the finest vintages to date. Drink it any time over the coming 10-15 years.
94+ Vinous -
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The 2018 Geyserville is an infant. That much is obvious, especially in this lineup of otherwise more settled 2018s. Ripe Zinfandel flavors drive the overall profile. A blast of wild cherry, leather, tobacco, smoke, licorice, menthol and spice hit the palate first, followed by swaths of tannin and a touch of new oak that suggest the wine still needs time to come together. Readers should be in no rush. I am not sure the 2018 will ever be truly refined, as it is quite burly today. Aeration helps to some degree. The fermentations at Geyserville were slow to start and slow to finish. That longer time of extraction comes through in potent tannins that will likely always mark the wine.
Technical Details
- Blend68% Zinfandel, 20% Carignane, 10% Petite Sirah, 2% Alicante Bouschet
- WinemakerEric Baugher
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationAlexander Valley
- VineyardGeyserville
- Alcohol14.7%
Ridge Geyserville Alexander Valley 2018 (Magnum 1.5L)
Zinfandel Blends | US
WA96, JD95, VN94+
Too late, we are SOLD OUT!
WA96, JD95, VN94+! Our all-time fave Zinfandel (actually a field blend) on this planet, and a huge score to boot. We’ve probably said these exact words many times (c’mon, I’ve been selling this wine since like 1992), but Ridge holds a special place in many a wine geek's heart. Geyserville and Lytton Springs in particular are uniquely American vineyards (well over 100 years old, I think “old patch, Geezer" is about 130 yrs old!!) and uniquely American wines. I love them with unbridled passion, especially when you can drink them at 20/30/40 years of age. They’re also unique in that way -- the exquisite balance and structure. The 2018 is really something special, some vintages of this wine just POP! Anyway -- get some!
About the Producer
The history of Ridge Vineyards begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor who became a prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge. He terraced the slopes and planted vineyards; using native limestone, he constructed the Monte Bello Winery, producing the first vintage under that name in 1892. This unique cellar, built into the mountainside on three levels, is Ridge's production facility. At 2600', it is surrounded by the upper vineyard, now referred to as the Perrone Ranch.