Ridge Three Valleys Zinfandel

Winemaker tasting notes: spicy oak with strawberry and fig jam to the nose. Medium-to-full bodied soft mouthfeel and focused cherry fruit mint. Refreshing acidity on the finish with notes of chapparal. Jo (1/17) vintage notes: unfavorable spring weather disrupted bloom limiting yields. The small crop ripened three weeks earlier than usual. Individual parcels from seven ranches were picked and separately fermented for an average of nine days. After twelve months aging in american oak this sensuous elegant wine is appealing now and will be enjoyable for another four to five years. History: the history of the ridge three valleys began with the release of the 2001. The wine contains grapes from a number of sonoma vineyards-this year six. We take great care in selecting the fruit which is hand-harvested then crushed and fermented on its native yeast and naturally occurring malolactic at both monte bello and lytton springs wineries. Unlike our single-vineyard wines which reflect