Description / Reviews
// 71% Zinfandel, 16% Carignane, 9% Petite Sirah, 2% Mataro, 2% Alicante Bouschet
"Ruby red color, blackberry and raspberry on the nose. Medium bodied with smooth tannins, plum fruit and a note of vanilla on the finish. Matured for 12 months in 100% air-dried American oak barrels (19% new, 8% one year old, 50% four years old, and 23% five-plus years old).
Hand-harvested grapes, destemmed and crushed; fermented on the native yeasts followed by a full malolactic on the natural-occurring bacteria; 1% water addition; tartaric acid; oak from barrel aging; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 86 ppm over the course of aging); membrane sterile filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions." - Ridge Estate, Winemaker
"The 2023 Three Valleys is a serious edition of this bottling from Ridge. Firm and structured, it delivers brambly blue fruit, graphite, vanilla, licorice and tons of spice, all wrapped up in a voluptuous, curvy frame. The Ridge house style is on full display. Best of all, the 2023 punches way above its modest price point. Though this is the ultimate by-the-glass pour or house red, it's complex enough to stand with the big boys in this portfolio." - 93 Points, Billy Norris, Vinous
"Ridge’s 2023 Three Valleys is the estate’s biggest production wine, with approximately 30,000 cases produced annually at the Lytton Springs winery. The wine is made using the same traditional methods as their vineyard-designated offerings, including native yeast fermentation, open-top fermenters, and ageing in American oak (with around10% new oak in 2023), which lends Ridge’s hallmark spice and structure. This vintage is composed of 70% Zinfandel, sourced from various Ridge vineyards, and is designed for approachability and broad appeal. In the glass, it presents an abundance of black fruit, layered with crushed floral tones. The tannins are lightly grippy with hints of baking spice and toast on the finish. A versatile, food-friendly red, and a nice by-the-glass pour." - 92 Points, Ana Carolina Quintela, Decanter
"Medium purple with a fuchsia rim. Beautifully floral with red and black plum and an almost cumin-like savoury spice. Lightly sandy building tannin with fresh acid that drives the floral-tinged finish." - 16.5+/20, Samantha Cole-Johnson, Jancis Robinson
