Ridge Vineyards East Bench Zinfandel

”winemaker tasting notes deep ruby color mixed red fruits nose subtle vanilla and oak spice black cherry and raspberry palate with well coated tannins and bright acidity. Vintage notes this is our tenth vintage from this vineyard. A light crop with small berries yielded a wine with deep color intense fruit and chalky tannins. The seven parcels that comprise the vineyard were fermented separately then evaluated by blind tasting. Quality was high in all seven lots which were blended then aged in american oak for twelve months. Enjoyable now this zinfandel will develop for another six to seven years. History ridge has made the east bench as a single-site zinfandel since 2006 one of only two ridge zinfandels that is 100% zinfandel. The vineyard sits high atop the bench land that overlooks dry creek valley from the east. Growing season weather: very wet december followed by the driest january on record (0. 05). Cool wet late spring helped with rainfall totals but reduced o