Ridge Geyserville

”Winemaker Tasting Notes: Saturated ruby color. Intense dark berry fruits gravel earth black licorice mint and exotic spices. Powerful bramble fruit entry sensuous well-defined tannins great depth of flavor enjoyable lengthy finish. EB (2/17) Vintage Notes: A warm winter brought bud-break in February. Rain during bloom reduced yields followed by ideal summer weather resulting in an early harvest. Thirty-seven lots fermented separately producing superb quality. A rigorous selection narrowed the assemblage to thirty-one for our fiftieth anniversary vintage. This sensuous wine came together beautifully during barrel aging. It will develop fully within the next twenty years. History: Ridge has made the Geyserville as a single-site zinfandel in every year since 1966. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a defined stretch of gravelly soil approximately one-and-a-quarter miles long and a half-mile wide. Growing Season Weather: Very wet December followed by the