Reviews
Technical Details
- Blend72% Zinfandel, 18% Petite Sirah, 8% Carignane, 2% Mataro
- WinemakerEric Baugher
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationDry Creek Valley, Sonoma Coast
- VineyardLytton Springs
- Alcohol14.5%
Ridge Lytton Springs Zinfandel Blend 2018
RIDGE LYTTON. My hand shakes to even type it. Okay, wait...before I get all maudlin...please, get some of this DOUBLE 96-POINTER, the highest-rated Ridge Lytton EVER...now.
The highest-scoring Lytton Zin blend ever, a wine hailing from holy turf and 115-year old vines (!!!), a wine to cellar for decades, a wine of beauty and grace and balance such that it NEVER doesn’t satisfy, Ridge Lytton is a true American classic that should be in every serious cellar.
Sorry, but we get all dead serious about Ridge. So awesome. It’s a rich, juicy wine, to me, this year, very Zinny off the bat but quickly changes into the dark, complex, highly “alive” beast that it is. Low tannin, rich and mouthcoating. Read the glowing reviews below for more data points. But whatever you do, we hope, pray, cajole and beg you to get what may be the finest Lytton EVER. BOOM!!!