Ridge Vineyards, Geyserville, Alexander Valley, 2023

This is Ridge’s 56th consecutive vintage of Geyserville. The grapes are grown in three adjoining vineyards on a single soil type, deposited by an ancient washout of the Russian River that carried river stone and gravel. It is approximately one-and-a-quarter miles long and half a mile wide.

This is their longest, continuous zinfandel production, beginning with 1966. Each growing season, though different, has given wine of consistent character and quality. A dry winter with a moderate spring and summer ripened the grapes evenly. Showing plentiful fruit, elegant tannins and bright acidity, the fine wine will develop fully over the next fourteen years.